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7 Jun 2012

Public Affairs Office

Springfield Man Named Acting Adjutant General Of Illinois National Guard

SPRINGFIELD – Maj. Gen. Dennis Celletti of Springfield has been named acting Adjutant General of the Illinois National Guard. Celletti took the oath of office Thursday after Maj. Gen. William Enyart of Belleville announced his retirement from the Illinois National Guard.

Celletti has been the Assistant Adjutant General (ATAG)-Army and commander of the Illinois Army National Guard since Oct. 1, 2005. He was the first ATAG in Illinois history to earn the rank of major general. Celletti enlisted in the Illinois Army National Guard in 1972.

Photo by Sgt. Michael Camacho, Illinois National Guard Public Affairs/ Maj. Gen. Dennis Celletti of Springfield takes the oath of office and is sworn in by Lt. Col. Robert Roth as the Acting Adjutant General of the Illinois National Guard on June 7 at Camp Lincoln in Springfield.

Submitted photo/ Maj. Gen. Dennis Celletti of Springfield

Photo by Sgt. Michael Camacho, Illinois National Guard Public Affairs/ Maj. Gen. Dennis Celletti of Springfield signs the oath of office and after being sworn in as the Acting Adjutant General of the Illinois National Guard on June 7 at Camp Lincoln in Springfield.