The Adjutant General of

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is head of the South Carolina Military Department, overseeing the

South Carolina National Guard The South Carolina National Guard consists of the South Carolina Army National Guard and the South Carolina Air National Guardbr> American law specifically charges the National Guard with dual federal and state missions. In fact, the National Guar ...

, the

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and the South Carolina Emergency Management Division. The Adjutant General is the highest-ranking uniformed officer in the state, subordinate to the Governor who serves as Commander-in-Chief of the South Carolina National Guard. The office was the only

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in the nation that was an elected position. Adjutants General were elected for four-year terms at the same times as the

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and other officials. This changed after the

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because South Carolina voters approved Amendment 2 in the 2014 general election, that will be the last time that the adjutant general is popularly elected. That was the final time that a state adjutant general will stand for election in the United States, barring future state constitutional changes. A famous former Adjutant General is James C. Dozier, who held the post from 1926 to 1959. Edwin Warren Moïse served as Adjutant and Inspector General from 1876 to 1880. The Current AG is Major General Van McCarty. He was appointed to the position on January 17, 2019 by Governor

Henry McMaster Henry Dargan McMaster (born May 27, 1947) is an American politician and attorney serving as the 117th governor of South Carolina since January 24, 2017. He is a member of the Republican Party. McMaster worked for U.S. senator Strom Thurmond, in ...

following the retirement of Major General Robert Livingston. MG McCarty had previously served as Assistant Adjutant General, Army.

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South Carolina Office of the Adjutant GeneralSouth Carolina National GuardSouth Carolina Emergency Management DivisionSouth Carolina State Guard
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Adjutant General An adjutant general is a military chief administrative officer. France In Revolutionary France, the was a senior staff officer, effectively an assistant to a general officer. It was a special position for lieutenant-colonels and colonels in staf ...

Adjutants general of the National Guard of the United States