BG Jolly’s career spans over 29 years of military service representing active and reserve experience. He assumed command of the Army Reserve Sustainment Command headquartered in Birmingham, AL in August 2012.
BG Jolly graduated from the University of Mississippi in May 1983 with a Bachelor of Arts degree. He received a commission as a Second Lieutenant in the United States Army reydaReserves. He was branched as an Ordnance Officer and served ten years on active duty. Assignments included Aberdeen Proving Ground, Maryland, followed by a three year tour in Germany. While in Germany, he was assigned to the 3d Corps Support Command, which included time in Wiesbaden and Baumholder. BG Jolly returned to Aberdeen Proving Ground, Maryland to attend the Ordnance Officer Advanced Course followed by a four year tour at Fort Bragg, North Carolina with the 1st Corps Support Command.
While at Fort Bragg, assignments included Adjutant, for the 189th Maintenance Battalion, Commander of the 659th Maintenance Company and Chief of the 1st COSCOM G4 Maintenance Division. While assigned to Fort Bragg, he attended the Combined Arms Services Staff School at Fort Leavenworth, Kansas and subsequently deployed to Saudi Arabia in support of Operations Desert Shield and Desert Storm. Upon his return, BG Jolly was selected for the Army Logistics Management College Cooperative Degree Completion Program at Fort Lee, Virginia. Here he attended the Logistics Executive Development Course and received a Master of Science in Logistics Management.
BG Jolly moved to his last active duty assignment at Redstone Arsenal, Alabama where he was assigned to Readiness Group Redstone. He entered the reserves with an assignment to the 87th Training Support Division and the 81st Regional Readiness Command where he served as a Unit Training Officer in the Deputy Chief of Staff, G3. He completed the Command and General Staff College and transferred to the 81st Regional Readiness Command DCS, G4 where he served as the Chief, Readiness Team, Assistant Deputy Chief of Staff G4, and the Deputy Chief of Staff G4.
BG Jolly commanded the 361st Quartermaster Battalion in Montgomery, AL from September 2004 to January 2008. He was then selected to serve as the Chief of Staff and Deputy Commander for the 926th Engineer Brigade which included deploying in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom. Upon demobilization, BG Jolly was selected to attend the resident Air War College at Maxwell Air Force Base. Upon graduation, BG Jolly assumed command of the 96th Sustainment Brigade headquartered in Salt Lake City, UT. In July 2011, he was selected to simultaneously command the 364th Sustainment Command (Expeditionary) Mission Support Element (MSE), headquartered in Marysville, WA.
BG Jolly is the son of Mr. Charles T. Jolly (deceased) and Mrs. Mildred Jolly of Sherman, Mississippi. He is the father of Ms. Sabina Jolly of Tupelo, Mississippi. He currently lives in Madison, Alabama and works for Computer Sciences Corporation in Huntsville.
Awards include: Bronze Star (with oak leaf cluster), Meritorious Service Medal (with 4 oak leaf clusters), Army Commendation Medal, Army Achievement Medal (with 2oak leaf clusters), US Army Reserve Achievement Medal (with two oak leaf clusters), the Defense Service Medal (with bronze service star), Southwest Asia Medal (with 3 bronze service stars), Iraq Campaign Medal, Global War on Terrorism Service Medal, Armed Forces Reserve Medal (with silver hourglass and M device), Army Service Ribbon, Overseas Ribbon, Army Reserve Components Overseas Training Ribbon, Kuwait Liberation Medal (Gov’t of Kuwait), Kuwait Liberation Medal (Government of Saudi Arabia), and the Meritorious Unit Citation.