INDIANAPOLIS — Gov. Eric Holcomb announced Monday that the Indiana National Guard leader will retire in January 2025.
General R. Dale Lyles plans to retire as the 59th Adjutant General of the Indiana National Guard after serving for more than five years in the role.
“General Lyles brought great credit to Indiana’s National Guard by the way he fostered a culture of high standards, success and stability among the men and women who serve up and down the chain of command,” Holcomb said. “Whenever disaster struck or duty called, General Lyles and our trained and ready Hoosier Guardsmen leapt into action and met every moment in stride. It was on his watch and because of his focused leadership that we simultaneously modernized and mobilized the Indiana National Guard here at home and abroad."
The Salem native was appointed the adjutant general in October 2019. Prior to this, he was the deputy chief of staff for operations G3 at National Guard Bureau in Arlington, Virginia.
During Lyles' tenure as adjutant general, the governor's office said he served as the national chair of the National Guard Bureau’s recruiting and retention task force. The governor's office also said Lyles was deployed to Bosnia shortly after the Sept. 11, 2001 attacks.
Lyles has nearly 40 years of service in the Indiana National Guard.
"I know his patriotic duty to serve burns as bright today as it did when he first raised his hand and took the oath to serve his nation and his Hoosier neighbors," Holcomb said. "I wish General and his family all and always my best in the next journey ahead.”
