Gov. Heineman Names Col. Tim Kadavy
as Nebraska’s Next Adjutant General

(Lincoln, NE) Gov. Dave Heineman today announced his selection of Col. Tim Kadavy as Nebraska’s next Adjutant General. Kadavy will serve as the state’s 31st adjutant general.

As head of the Nebraska Military Department, Col. Kadavy will lead the Nebraska Army and Air National Guard and the Nebraska Emergency Management Agency (NEMA). He currently serves as operations officer for the Army National Guard Directorate, headquartered at the National Guard Bureau in Arlington, Va.

“I selected Colonel Kadavy because he is a military leader, he has combat zone experience, he is respected by his fellow soldiers, and he has both extensive national and state National Guard experience.” Gov. Heineman said. “He possesses Nebraska common sense and a Nebraska work ethic. I am impressed by Colonel Kadavy and I am confident that he will be an exceptional adjutant general for our state.”

Kadavy will be promoted to brigadier general and receive command of the Nebraska National Guard from current Adjutant General, Maj. Gen. Roger Lempke, during a ceremony scheduled for Saturday, Nov. 3. He will lead the more than 4,500 Air and Army Guard personnel making up the Nebraska National Guard.

Col. Kadavy said, “I am extremely excited about the opportunity to be returning home to Nebraska with the honor of leading and serving with the men and women of the Nebraska National Guard.”

“To you Governor Heineman, thank you for your trust and confidence in my abilities to lead the Nebraska National Guard during this period of unprecedented national use and relevance,” Kadavy said. “It is indeed my honor to serve a Governor who understands the sacrifice of military service having been a former Army officer and graduate of the United States Military Academy.”

Kadavy, 43, is a native of Omaha. He began his military career in 1982 when he enlisted in the Nebraska Army National Guard. Kadavy was commissioned as a second lieutenant in the Guard after completing the Army Reserve Officers Training Corps program at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln (UNL) in 1984, where his first assignments were serving as a tank and scout platoon leader in the Guard’s 1-167th Cavalry with Troop A, based in Fremont.

During the next 10 years, Col. Kadavy held several leadership positions within the Guard’s 1-167th Cavalry. He served as the executive officer and troop commander of the Cavalry’s Omaha-based Troop B, later serving as the assistant operations officer and the squadron personnel officer.

In 1994, he switched from traditional, part-time status to become an active duty guardsman on federal status in order to accept a position as operations officer with 5th Army at Fort Sam in Houston, where he served for more than two years before transferring to other posts with the U.S. Army and National Guard Bureau in Georgia and Virginia in the years that followed.

He returned to Nebraska in 2001 to become the commander of the 1-167th Cavalry Squadron, and lead the unit’s eight-month deployment in support of peacekeeping operations in Bosnia-Herzegovina during 2002 and 2003.

Following the mobilization he completed a fellowship at the Army War College, working with the U.S. Drug Enforcement Agency, before returning to the National Guard Bureau.

Last April, he deployed to Camp Victory in Iraq to serve as the chief of the Reserve Component Support Division. He returned that September, when the director of the Army National Guard offered the post he currently holds as the senior operations officer within the Amy National Guard Directorate.

He is the recipient of numerous military honors and distinctions, including a Bronze Star, the Meritorious Service Medal, Army Commendation Medal, and the Army Achievement Medal.

Kadavy is a graduate of Millard South High School and received his bachelor’s degree in 1987 from UNL in business administration. In 1996, he received a master’s degree from Webster University in St. Louis. He has completed additional military training with the Command and General Staff College, as well as the U.S. Army Armor School.

In addition to commanding the Nebraska’s military forces, Kadavy will serve as a member of the Governor’s Cabinet. In his role as NEMA director, he will work with civilian emergency preparedness and disaster response personnel for the state.

His annual salary will be $90,000.

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