Brigadier General Dix retired with more than 30 years of service in the Armed Forces, as a leader at every level. He is a native of Atlanta, Georgia. He graduated from Armor Officer Basic Course and Quartermaster Advance Course. He served as Tank Platoon Leader, Alpha Company, 3^rd Battalion, 69^th Armor, 24^th Infantry Division. He later served as the Executive Officer for Alpha Company, Headquarters Command, 224^th Forward Support Battalion during Operation Desert Shield/Storm. He commanded the 406^th General Supply Company, Fort Bragg, North Carolina. He deployed to Riyadh, Saudi Arabia with the 10^th Air Defense Artillery where he served as the BOE S-4 Forward during Operation Desert Defiance. 

General Dix served in Germany in the 21^st Theater Support Command, as the Deputy Chief of Plans and Exercises G-3, Group S-3, 29^th Support Group, Support Operations Officer 200^th Material Management Center, Brigade Executive Officer and Group Commander 29^th Support Group-Rear. Served as the 3-401^st Army Field Support Battalion Commander, Operation Enduring Freedom (OEF- VII). General Dix served as the Aide-de-Camp to the Commanding General, Army Material Command, Fort Belvoir, Virginia. Commanded the 401^st Army Field Support Brigade in Bagram, Afghanistan. Served as the Chief of Staff for the Army Sustainment Command. Served as the Executive Officer and the Director of Strategy and Integration G-45/7 for the Deputy Chief of Staff of the Army, G-4.

General Dix was Commanding General for Defense Logistics Agency Distribution. His last assignment was as Commanding General of the Joint Munitions Command, Rock Island Illinois. General Dix graduated from the Industrial College of the Armed Forces, Fort McNair, Washington, D.C.