Network Enterprise Technology Command's Commanding General, Maj. Gen. Christopher Eubank, helps Beth Couillard pin her spouse, Jeffrey A. Couillard during a promotion ceremony Oct. 19. Couillard was promoted to the rank of colonel in front of NETCOM's headquarters in front of Family, friends and colleagues.

Network Enterprise Technology Command's Commanding General, Maj. Gen. Christopher Eubank, helps pin newly promoted Col. Jeffrey A. Couillard Oct. 19.

Network Enterprise Technology Command's Commanding General, Maj. Gen. Christopher Eubank, gives the Oath of Commissioned Officers to Jeffrey A. Couillard. Couillard was promoted to the rank of colonel in a ceremony in front of NETCOM's headquarters Oct. 19.

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Howell, Michigan native and Army National Guard Soldier Jeffrey A. Couillard, was promoted to the rank of colonel in a ceremony in front of Network Enterprise Technology Command's headquarters Oct. 19.

Couillard has served in the Army for over 35 years, with 18 of those years on active-duty. Dedicating that much time away from Family, friends and life events takes both selfless service and a sense of duty, and Couillard explained what it meant to him.

“I stay in because it matters,” Couillard explained. “I enjoy it and it matters. The things we do day-to-day in the military, everybody, civilians and contractors, it matters.”