U.S. Army Maj. Gen. Francis Evon, adjutant general for the Connecticut National Guard, makes remarks at a promotion ceremony for Chief Warrant Officer 5 Clifton Miller Aug. 27, 2020 at the Gov. William A. O'Neill Armory in Hartford, Conn. Miller's promotion marks the first-time a Jamaican-American has reached the highest echelon of the warrant officer corps in the Connecticut National Guard.