 At the national level he serves as the Air National Guard Area IV representative to the National Guard Association in Washington, D.C. Veillon was elected president of the Louisiana National Guard's Officer Association in April 2000.He was promoted to the rank of brigadier general on March 30, 2001.He also has been commander of the 122nd Air Support and Operations Squadron and director of the Youth Challenge Program at Camp Beauregard, which under his leadership received the 2003 National Outstanding Post Residential Program Award.