Dailey joined the Army in 1989 and served in Germany as a radio telephone operator and rifleman for his first assignment, according to his Army biography. He deployed to Operation Desert Shield and Desert Storm and was soon after promoted to sergeant in 1993. After a series of assignments, he deployed to Iraq in 2003, and was promoted to command sergeant major in 2004. He would return three more times to Iraq by 2009 before taking on his current assignment.<\/p>\n
Among his awards are the Legion of Merit, a Bronze Star with Valor, a number of Bronze Stars, Meritorious Service Awards and Army Commendation Medals. Dailey received a bachelor of science degree, summa cum laude, from Excelsior University, the Army said.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
SMA Ray Chandler has set the bar pretty low, I’m sure SMA Dailey will exceed the standard that Chandler left for him. Back to the days of Glen Morrell, Julius Gates and Richard Kidd, CIBs and Tabs all around.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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