Adjutant general

An adjutant general is a military chief administrative officer.

France

In Revolutionary France, the adjudant-général was a senior staff officer, effectively an assistant to a general officer.^[1] It was a special position for lieutenant-colonels and colonels in staff service. Starting in 1795, only colonels could be appointed to the position. It was supplemented by the rank of adjudant-commandant in 1800. In 1803 the position was abolished and adjudants-généraux reverted to the rank of colonel.

Imperial Russia

In Imperial Russia, the General-Adjutant (Russian: Генерал-адъютант) was an assistant who attended the Tsar, a field marshal or a general.^[2]

India

In India the Adjutant-General is the senior administration officer for the Indian Army and reports to the Chief of Army Staff.^[3]

Pakistan

In Pakistan, the Adjutant-General and Judge Advocate General is the army's most senior administration and legal officer.^[4]

United Kingdom

In the United Kingdom, the Adjutant-General to the Forces commonly just referred to as the Adjutant-General (AG), is one of the most senior officers in the British Army. He is responsible for developing the Army's personnel policies and supporting its people.^[5]

United States

US Army Adjutant General Corps

In the United States, there are three definitions for this term:

• The chief administrative officer of the United States Army, who is subordinated to the Army Chief of Staff, and works directly for the Assistant Chief of Staff, G-1, or ACS, G-1 (formerly known as the Deputy Chief of Personnel, or DCSPER). Formerly a Major General position, it is now a Brigadier General billet (as of 2009). This officer is head of the Adjutant General's Corps, and is responsible for the procedures affecting awards and decorations, as well as casualty operations, and for the administration and preservation of records of all army personnel. See List of Adjutants General of the U.S. Army. As of January 2015, the post is held by Brigadier General David K. “Mac” MacEwen.^[6]
• The chief administrative officer of a major military unit, such as a army. This officer is normally subordinated to the unit chief of staff, and is known as the G-1.
• The senior military officer of a state's, commonwealth's, or territory's military forces, including the National Guard (Army National Guard and Air National Guard), the naval militia, and any state defense forces. This officer is known as the "AG" or the "TAG" and reports to the state's chief executive when the National Guard is not in a "federalized" status under Title 10 USC.^[7]

See also

• Adjutant
• Adjutants General of California

References

External links

• "History of the US Army Adjutant General's Corps, 1775 - 1891" in The Army of the United States Historical Sketches of the Staff and Line with Portraits of General-In-Chief (1896) (Reproduced by the United States Army Center of Military History)
• A current listing of The Adjutants General for each state, territory, and the District of Columbia within the United States.