Michael Dubie Lieutenant General Michael D . Dubie ( born March 25 , 1960 ) is the Deputy Commander of United States Northern Command . From 2006 to 2012 he was Adjutant General of the State of Vermont , serving as the senior uniformed officer in the state responsible for the organization , training and equipage of the 4 , 000 members of the Vermont Army and Air National Guard . As Adjutant General , he also served as inspector general , quartermaster general and head of the State Military Department , including Veterans Affairs . Early life . Michael David Dubie was born in Burlington , Vermont on March 25 , 1960 . He is a 1978 graduate of Essex High School in Essex Junction , Vermont and from the University of Vermont in 1982 with a bachelor ’ s degree in economics . Military career . He began his military career in 1979 at the University of Vermont ( ROTC ) and simultaneously joined the 150th Aviation Battalion in the Vermont Army National Guard . He was commissioned as a Second Lieutenant in 1981 and later transferred to the Vermont Air National Guard . General Dubie held a variety of command , supervisory and staff positions at the 158th Fighter Wing and Vermont State Headquarters and served as the assistant adjutant general responsible for the Vermont Joint Staff and Joint Force Headquarters . He began as a Second Lieutenant in 1981 and was promoted through the ranks to Major General in 2007 . Additionally , General Dubie commanded the 447th Air Expeditionary Group at the Baghdad International Airport and served as Director of Staff for the 332nd Air Expeditionary Wing , Balad Air Base , Iraq . General Dubie is a command pilot with over 2 , 000 hours of military flying , the majority in the F - 16 . Civilian career . Prior to serving as Adjutant General , Dubie was a pilot for Northwest Airlines . During his civilian career he flew the Boeing 727 , Airbus 320 , McDonnell Douglas DC - 10 , and Boeing 747 - 400 . Later military career . Dubie became Adjutant General in 2006 , winning the legislative election to succeed Martha Rainville , who retired to run for the United States House of Representatives . Dubie won election to a full term in 2007 , and was reelected in 2009 and 2011 . ( In Vermont , the Adjutant General is elected for a two - year term by a secret ballot of the Vermont General Assembly . ) In 2010 Dubie became President of the Adjutants General Association of the United States . Also in 2011 General Dubie oversaw the Vermont National Guard ' s participation in the recovery following Hurricane Irene . This effort included providing emergency food and water , aiding individuals flooded out of their homes to move to temporary shelter , and assisting in debris removal and reconstructing roads and bridges . In May , 2012 General Dubie was nominated to serve as Deputy Commander of the United States Northern Command and recommended for promotion to Lieutenant General . Later that month his promotion and appointment were confirmed by the United States Senate . General Dubie turned command of the Vermont National Guard over to Brigadier General Thomas E . Drew on August 3 , 2012 . Drew had previously served as Deputy Adjutant General . Dubie was formally promoted to Lieutenant General in a ceremony on August 14 , 2012 . His stars were pinned on by his wife and Lieutenant General Harry Wyatt , the Director of the Air National Guard . Personal . General Dubie ' s brother Brian Dubie is the former Lieutenant Governor of Vermont and a retired Colonel in the United States Air Force Reserve . In 2011 General Dubie received an honorary doctorate from the University of Vermont . In 2012 St . Michael ' s College also presented him with an honorary doctorate .