Cody is a Master Aviator with over 5,000 hours of flight time, and is an Air Assault School graduate.

[7] General Cody serves as the chairman of the board for Homes For Our Troops, a 4 Star related 501c3 organization that builds mortgage free, specially adapted custom homes for severely wounded veterans of the Iraq and Afghanistan wars.

He is also on the Advisory Council of Hope For The Warriors, a 4 Star rated 501c3 national non-profit, dedicated to provide a full cycle of non-medical care to combat wounded service members, their families, and families of the fallen from each military branch.

[9] They have two sons, Clint and Tyler, who are active duty Army officers and Apache helicopter pilots.

[10] His nephew, John P. Cody, is also an active duty Army officer as an Orthopaedic Surgeon at Walter Reed National Military Medical Center.