Milton R. Ayala

Colonel Milton R. Ayala was commissioned as an Infantry Officer upon graduation from Officer Candidate School Class 74, 15 August 1974. His first duty assignment was as Race Relation/Equal Opportunity Officer, Headquarters and Headquarters Battery, 4th Battalion, 17th Field Artillery. | His subsequent duty assignments include: Assistant Executive Officer, B Battery, 4th Battalion, 17th Field Artillery, Raleigh, North Carolina; Assistant Operations Officer, Headquarters and  Headquarters Battery, 1st Battalion, 258th Field Artillery; Battery Commander, A Battery, 1st Battalion, 258th Field Artillery; Intelligence Officer, Headquarters and Headquarters, 42nd Division Artillery; Intelligence Officer, Headquarters and Headquarters Battery, 1st Battalion, 258thField Artillery; Battery Commander, D Battery, 1st Battalion, 258th Field Artillery; Battalion Fire Support Officer, Headquarters and  Headquarters Battery, 1st Battalion, 258th Field Artillery; Battalion Operations Officer, 1st Battalion, 187th Field Artillery; Assistant Fire Support Coordinator, 42nd Division Artillery, Bronx, New York;  Field Artillery Observer Controller, 75th United States Army, Maneuver Area Command, Houston, Texas; Battalion Operations Officer, 5th Brigade, 75th Division, Fort Leavenworth, Kansas; Assistant Fire Support Coordinator, 35th Division Artillery, Fort Leavenworth, Kansas; Brigade Operations Officer, Headquarters, 235th Regiment Kansas Regional Training Institute, Salina, Kansas; Deputy Fire Support Coordinator, 35th Division Artillery, Fort Leavenworth, Kansas; Battalion Commander, 2nd Battalion, 122 Field Artillery, Chicago, Illinois; Brigade Commander, 130th Field Artillery Brigade, Army National Guard, Topeka, Kansas. | Colonel Ayala's military awards and decorations include: the Meritorious Service Medal with Two Oak Leaf Cluster, Army Commendation Medal with Three Oak Leaf Cluster, Army Achievement Medal with Two Oak Leaf Cluster, Army Reserve Component Achievement Medal with Four Oak Leaf Cluster, National Defense Service Medal, Armed Forces Reserves Medal with Two Hour Glass, Army Service Ribbon, Reserve Overseas Service Ribbon, Army National Guard Meritorious Ribbon, Kansas Army National Guard Commendation Ribbon.