Terry's last assignment was as the commanding general of United States Army Central, retiring 17 November 2015.

[citation needed] Terry has served in a wide variety of assignments, to include rifle platoon leader, company executive officer, and anti-tank platoon leader while stationed with the 1–15th Infantry, 3rd Infantry Division in Kitzingen, Germany; S-4 (logistics) and S-3 (operations) for the 1st Battalion, 327th Infantry, 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault) at Fort Campbell, Kentucky; assistant professor of military science and the assistant commandant of cadets at North Georgia College in Dahlonega, Georgia; battalion executive officer for the United Nations Command Security Force Battalion, the Joint Security Area, in Panmunjom, Korea; deputy G3 and brigade executive officer with the 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault) at Fort Campbell; executive officer to the Inspector General of the Army; chief of initiatives and deputy commander of the Joint Warfighting Center, United States Joint Forces Command in Norfolk, Virginia; and operations officer for the Coalition Forces Land Component Command, Army Central Command, at Camp Doha in Kuwait.

[citation needed] In 1981 Terry commanded A Company of the 2–327th Infantry, 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault) at Fort Campbell.

After this assignment, he commanded the operations group of the Joint Readiness Training Center at Fort Polk, Louisiana.

[6] In May 2012, V Corps deployed to Afghanistan to serve as the headquarters of the International Security Assistance Force Joint Command (IJC) for a period of one year.

[8] Terry earned a Bachelor of Business Administration in Marketing and Management from North Georgia College.

[10] Terry's awards include:[11][12] This article incorporates public domain material from websites or documents of the United States Army.