Brigadier General Amos M. Gailliard Jr. served on active duty during the Korean War in the United States Army and as a Major transferred into the National Guard in the State of New York. In 1951, he graduated from South Carolina State University and is a member of Alpha Phi Alpha. He was commander of the 14th Group, New York Guard which was upgraded to brigade status under his leadership and provided support operations at the TWA flight 800 disaster recovery site. On August 1995, he was promoted to Brigadier General in the New York Guard.