adjutant general
noun
plural adjutants general
1
: the chief administrative officer of an army who is responsible especially for the administration and preservation of personnel records
2
: the chief administrative officer of a major military unit (such as a division or corps)
Example Sentences
Recent Examples on the Web Baldwin, who has led the Guard since 2011 as its adjutant general and reports to Newsom, did not respond to an interview request. 
Paul Pringlestaff Writer, Los Angeles Times, 18 July 2022 Each of the 54 National Guard organizations is supervised by the adjutant general of the state or territory. Bill Bowden, Arkansas Online, 1 July 2022 Under orders from Stitt, the state's adjutant general, Brig. The Associated. Press, Arkansas Online, 30 Nov. 2021 The adjutant general of the Oklahoma National Guard is warning members that refusing to receive the coronavirus vaccine could end their military careers. Compiled Democrat-gazette Staff From Wire Reports, Arkansas Online, 12 Dec. 2021 An investigative report stressed that the Kansas Guard’s longtime adjutant general, Maj. Dennis Wagner, USA TODAY, 26 Nov. 2021 Guardsmen on Title 32 duty report to their state’s adjutant general and, ultimately, to their governor. Sig Christenson, San Antonio Express-News, 8 Feb. 2022 By 1863, Rockwell had been assigned to the adjutant general’s department in Washington, where he was tasked with organizing and outfitting new regiments of Black soldiers. Jason Emerson, Smithsonian Magazine, 7 Jan. 2022 State officials already have determined at least a dozen homes were lost to the fires, as well as 700 head of cattle, although Maj. Gen. David Weishaar, adjutant general of the Kansas National Guard, told legislators those numbers would likely rise. From Usa Today Network And Wire Reports, USA TODAY, 28 Dec. 2021 See More
Paul Pringlestaff Writer, Los Angeles Times, 18 July 2022 Each of the 54 National Guard organizations is supervised by the adjutant general of the state or territory. Bill Bowden, Arkansas Online, 1 July 2022 Under orders from Stitt, the state's adjutant general, Brig. The Associated. Press, Arkansas Online, 30 Nov. 2021 The adjutant general of the Oklahoma National Guard is warning members that refusing to receive the coronavirus vaccine could end their military careers. Compiled Democrat-gazette Staff From Wire Reports, Arkansas Online, 12 Dec. 2021 An investigative report stressed that the Kansas Guard’s longtime adjutant general, Maj. Dennis Wagner, USA TODAY, 26 Nov. 2021 Guardsmen on Title 32 duty report to their state’s adjutant general and, ultimately, to their governor. Sig Christenson, San Antonio Express-News, 8 Feb. 2022 By 1863, Rockwell had been assigned to the adjutant general’s department in Washington, where he was tasked with organizing and outfitting new regiments of Black soldiers. Jason Emerson, Smithsonian Magazine, 7 Jan. 2022 State officials already have determined at least a dozen homes were lost to the fires, as well as 700 head of cattle, although Maj. Gen. David Weishaar, adjutant general of the Kansas National Guard, told legislators those numbers would likely rise. From Usa Today Network And Wire Reports, USA TODAY, 28 Dec. 2021 See More Word History
First Known Use
1644, in the meaning defined at sense 1