adjutant general
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U.S. Army.
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the Adjutant General, the chief administrative officer of the Army.
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an adjutant of a unit having a general staff, usually an officer of the Adjutant General's Corps.
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a high, often the highest, officer of the National Guard of a state or territory.
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army
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a member of the Army Board responsible for personnel and administrative functions
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a general's executive officer
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army the adjutant of a military unit with general staff
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Gen. Thomas Suelzer was appointed by Abbott to oversee the Texas National Guard and Texas State Guard as the agency’s adjutant general.
From Salon ● Jan. 24, 2024
Gen. Torrence Saxe, the state’s adjutant general and commissioner for the military and veterans affairs department.
From Seattle Times ● Sep. 22, 2022
Gen. Matthew Beevers, who is on Baldwin’s executive team, will succeed him as a deputy adjutant general and “the governor will consider appointing an adjutant general.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 18, 2022
Gen. Linda L. Singh is the former adjutant general of the Maryland National Guard — the first African American and the first woman to head the Guard — which includes 29th Infantry Division units.
From Washington Post ● Jun. 1, 2022
The adjutant general wrote to Tom’s captain, saying that Tom had “proved an excellent officer” and that he would “regret to see him quit the service.”
From "Killers of the Flower Moon" by David Grann
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