Everyone knows how it works: You do a good job and stay out of trouble, and you earn a promotion. But usually it’s one rank at a time. Enter the Georgia National Guard, which just received its newest adjutant general. Maj. Gen. Jim Butterworth is responsible for more than 14,000 personnel in the Georgia National Guard, the Georgia Air National Guard and the Georgia State Defense Force. Butterworth’s new gig comes with a promotion — from captain to major general. It’s a political move. Butterworth is a former Air Force and Air National Guard pilot with experience flying B-1s. He…