June 9, 2007 -- Lieutenant Colonel Bill Day, Chief of Information for the Georgia Army National Guard Information Technology Division and the J6-director of communications services for the Joint Force Headquarters - Georgia, was promoted to the rank of Colonel in a formal military promotion ceremony Saturday at Headquarters, Georgia Air National Guard, Dobbins Air Reserve Base, Ga.

Colonel William E. Day, III began his military career October 7, 1953 - born to Master Sergeant (now retired) William E. and Annie Marcielle Day at Fort Campbell, Kentucky. After tours at Ft. Campbell, Munich, Germany; and Ft. Benning, Ga as a military dependent, Day’s own active military career began with his enlistment into the U.S. Army in August 1972. He served as an airborne infantry rifleman; driver for the Commander, U.S. Army Forces Southern Command; driver for the Commanding General, 24th Infantry Division, and as a heavy equipment operator for the 3501st Combat Engineer Battalion (USAR).

Day continued his military career by joining Air Force ROTC program at Clemson University in June 1979 and earned his commission as a second lieutenant in May 1981. Following his commissioning he was assigned as an Aerospace Instrumentation Engineer at the Air Force Geophysics Laboratory, Hanscom Air Force Base, Massachusetts.

In October 1985, he joined the Georgia Air National Guard’s 129th Tactical Control Squadron in Kennesaw, Ga., where he began as vehicle operations officer. Upon completion of Air Weapons Controller Training at Tyndall AFB, Fla., Day continued serving the 129th as an Air Weapons Controller from October 1990 until the unit’s deactivation in September 1996. He transferred to the 202d Engineering Installation Squadron serving as chief of the Engineering Branch prior to his selection as 202 EIS commander in March 2001. In October 2003, he assumed command of the 283rd Combat Communications Squadron until his reassignment to Headquarters, Georgia Air National Guard as the staff communications and information officer in January 2006.

Day and his wife, Marcia reside in the Atlanta area. The couple has four children and six grandchildren.