Billy Clayton

Billy Clayton served 20 years in the Army retiring with the rank of First Sergeant. During his time in the military, he served in mechanized and light infantry, field artillery, aviation and as a senior military instructor for WMU’s highly successful ROTC program. He has deployed to Iraq three separate times accumulating more than three and a half years of duty in a combat zone. He was in a leadership role for over 17 years of his military career training and developing hundreds of soldiers and future Army officers. After the military Clayton continued his passion for training and development by teaching IT courses for a technical school then working in the Office of Military and Veterans Affairs for WMU as the military advocate. During that time, he worked on military initiatives, interpreted policies, taught a transition course and facilitated multiple scholarships for military connected students. As the Scholarship and Enrollment Officer for Army ROTC's Bronco Battalion, Billy's focus is on providing prospective students with enough information to make informed decisions and to assist students in using military service to pay for their education. His awards and medals include Bronze star second award, Meritorious Service Medal second award, Army Accommodation Medal third award, Army Achievement Medal fourth award, Iraq Campaign Medal with three stars, Air Assault Badge and Combat Action Badge.