Miller's early assignments included: platoon leader, Battery D, 2nd Battalion, 59th Air Defense Artillery, 1st Armored Division, West Germany (February 1981 – October 1982); platoon leader, Battery B, 2nd Battalion, 59th Air Defense Artillery (October 1982 – March 1983); maintenance officer, Battery B, 2nd Battalion, 59th Air Defense Artillery (March 1983 – September 1983); and executive officer, Battery B, 2nd Battalion, 59th Air Defense Artillery (September 1983 – February 1984).[3] From March to September, 1984, Miller was a student at Fort Benning's Infantry Officer Advanced Course.[3]
Continuing career
As Miller's Army career progressed, his assignments included: assistant training, readiness and operations officer (S3), 3rd Battalion, 4th Air Defense Artillery, 82nd Airborne Division, Fort Bragg, North Carolina (September 1984 – June 1985); commander, Battery B, 3rd Battalion, 4th Air Defense Artillery (June 1985 – February 1987); and personnel staff officer (S1), 3rd Battalion, 4th Air Defense Artillery (May 1987 – December 1987).[3] From December 1987 to August 1988, Miller was a student in the Special Forces Detachment Officer Qualification Course, which is held at Fort Bragg's John F. Kennedy Special Warfare Center and School.[3]
Miller's career in special operations included: commander, operational detachment - Alpha 196, 3rd Battalion, 1st Special Forces Group, Fort Lewis, Washington (August 1988 – December 1989); future plans officer (S5), 3rd Battalion, 1st Special Forces Group, (December 1989 – November 1990); commander, Company C, 3rd Battalion, 1st Special Forces Group (November 1990 – July 1991); and executive officer, Company B, 3rd Battalion, 1st Special Forces Group (July 1991 – July 1992).[3]
In 1995, Miller joined the New Hampshire Army National Guard.[3] His initial assignments included: marksmanship/competitive events coordinator, Headquarters, State Area Command, Concord, New Hampshire (February 1995 – November 1996); executive officer, 54th Troop Command (November 1996 – December 1997); chief, Training Division (G3), Headquarters, State Area Command, (January 1998 – April 1999); commander, 54th Troop Command, (May 1999 – February 2002); deputy chief of staff personnel (G1), Headquarters, State Area Command (March 2002 – August 2004); deputy chief of staff operations (G3), Headquarters, State Area Command (August 2004 – February 2005); and director of operations (J3), Joint Force Headquarters, (February 2005 – January 2006).[3]
After returning to New Hampshire, Miller's assignments included director of operations (J3), Joint Force Headquarters – New Hampshire (May 2007 – September 2007).[3] He then returned to Iraq, this time as liaison officer, Combined Joint Special Operations Task Force-Arabian Peninsula, 5th Special Forces Group, Multi-National Corps-Iraq, Camp Victory, Iraq (October 2007 – July 2008).[3]
Following his second deployment to Iraq, Miller served again as director of operations (J3) for the New Hampshire National Guard from July 2008 to April 2009.[3]
Career as general officer
After becoming a general officer in 2009, Miller was assigned as director of doctrine, training and force development (J7) at the National Guard Bureau in Arlington, Virginia (May 2009 – September 2010).[3] He then served as senior commander of the 10th Mountain Division's Rear Detachment at Fort Drum, New York (September 2010 – January 2012).[3]
In February 2012, Miller was assigned as assistant adjutant general—army at Joint Force Headquarters, New York Army National Guard in Latham.[3] He served until becoming commander of the 42nd Infantry Division.[3] In April 2013, Miller was assigned as commander of the 42nd Infantry Division, succeeding Steven N. Wickstrom.[3] In March 2017, Miller completed a change of command ceremony with his successor, Brigadier General Steven Ferrari; the official change of command was scheduled for May.[4] The early ceremony was timed to enable Miller to begin a new active duty assignment as the Deputy Director for Strategic Integration as well as the Director of the Reserve Integration Office at the Defense Intelligence Agency.[4][5]
Miller's continuing education as a general officer included: Army Strategic Leadership Development Program-Basic (2010); General Officer Legal Orientation Course (2010); Army Strategic Leadership Development Program-Intermediate (2012); CAPSTONE, National Defense University (2013); Army Strategic Leadership Development Program - Advanced (2014); Dual Status Commander Course (2014); National Security Studies Management Course (NSSMC) (2015) Syracuse University; and National and International Security Course (NIS), Harvard University, (2015).[3]
Miller was employed for over nineteen years (1994–2013) as a sales representative with the Pfizer pharmaceutical corporation.[6] From 2013 to 2015, Miller was the Executive Director of Easter Seals Military & Veterans Services program.[7]
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