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  Adjutant general - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Adjutant General's Corps is tasked with personnel management, financial management, general administration, military education, legal services, and provost (military policing and prison) services.
He is head of the Adjutant General's Corps, and is responsible for the procedures affecting personnel procurement and for the administration and preservation of records of all army personnel.
The exceptions are Vermont, where the Adjutant General is appointed by the legislature, South Carolina, where they are elected by the voters, and the District of Columbia, where the Adjutant General is appointed by the President of the United States.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Adjutant_general   (473 words)

  
 ADJUTANT - LoveToKnow Article on ADJUTANT   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
In the British army the appointment of adjutant is held by a captain or lieutenant.
Regular officers are appointed as adjutants to all units of the auxiliary forces.
On the European continent the word is not restricted to the lower units of organization; for example, in Germany the Adjutanlur includes all " routine " as distinct from " general " staff officers in the higher units, and the aides-decamp of royal persons and of the higher commanders are also styled adjutant-generals,fliigel-adjutanten, andc.
www.1911encyclopedia.org /A/AD/ADJUTANT.htm   (165 words)

  
 STAFF - LoveToKnow Article on STAFF   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
Although generals have always provided themselves with aides-dc-camp and orderlies, the only official corresponding to a modern staff officer in a 16th or 17th century army was the sergeant-major-general or major-general, in whom was vested the responsibility of forming the army in.
Apart, then, from the adjutants or personal staffs (amongst whom must be reckoned the commander-in-chiefs secretary, generally a civilian), the staff in the field in Frederick the Greats day was the quartermaster-generals staff, and it was chiefly concerned, both in peace and war, with military engineering duties.
Corps and divisions to be selfcontained required, and they were furnished with, their own staffs.
85.1911encyclopedia.org /S/ST/STAFF.htm   (4345 words)

  
 Adjutant General's Corps - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Adjutant General's Corps is a corps in the British Army responsible for many of its general administrative services.
As of 2002, the AGC had a staff of 7,000 people.
The Staff and Personnel Support (SPS) Branch was formed from the Royal Army Pay Corps and the Women's Royal Army Corps, as well as the staff clerks of the Royal Army Ordnance Corps.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Adjutant_General's_Corps   (239 words)

  
 Adjutant General's Corps
Horatio Gates is honored as the forefather of the Adjutant General's Corps.
General Gates' primary duty was to serve as key advisor and principal assistant to General Washington.
The Inspector General, The Provost Marshal, The Assistant Chief of Staff for Intelligence, and the Chief of Military History all owe their foundations to The Adjutants General of the past.
www.globalsecurity.org /military/agency/army/ag.htm   (1545 words)

  
 United States Army - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
General of the Army - In the 19th century, a title held by the Commander of the Army.
General Washington was chosen by the Continental Congress and was informed on June 16, 1775 that he was to be general and commander-in-chief to take supreme command of the forces raised in defense of American liberty.
Adjutants will be designated by an arc of gold or silver fringe, (according to the colour of their trimmings), connecting the extreme points formed by the ends of the chevron.
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 ADJUTANT (from Lat. ad... - Online Information article about ADJUTANT (from Lat. ad...
CORPS (pronounced as in French, from which it is taken, being a late spelling of tors, from Lat.
administration of the corps, and is responsible for musketry duties and the training of recruits.
act as officials under the superintendence of and auxiliary to the general, are sometimes called adjutants-general.
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 Adjutant general: Facts and details from Encyclopedia Topic   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
General is a military rank, in most nations the highest rank, although some nations have the higher rank of field marshal....
Adjutant generals are often tasked with maintaining personnel records and as such sometimes have oversight over veteran veteran quick summary:
In the military, an adjutant is a regimental staff officer, who assists the colonel, or commanding officer of a garrison or regiment, in the details of regimental and...
www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/a/ad/adjutant_general.htm   (1084 words)

  
 Armed Forces - a10a7 - British Army - Combat Service Support - Adjutant General's Corps - Royal Military Police - ...
AGC (SPS) officers are employed throughout the Army, in direct support of units as Regimental Administrative Officers or AGC Detachment Commanders.
AGC (SPS) soldiers are employed as Military Clerks in direct support of units within the AGC Field Detachments, in fixed centre pay offices, in headquarters to provide staff support and in miscellaneous posts, such as embassy clerks, as management accountants or in AGIC as programmer analysts.
AGC (MPS) staff recruited from within the Army are carefully selected for the leadership, management and training skills necessary to motivate the predominantly young offenders with whom they work.
www.armedforces.co.uk /army/listings/l0078.html   (1061 words)

  
 Branch Information and Links   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
The Finance Corps has a complex job - base pay, overseas housing allowance, travel pay, temporary duty pay, dislocation allowance, family separation pay, combat zone tax exclusion and hostile fire pay, as well as airborne jump status pay, are just a few of the different types of payment in the military.
- The Ordnance Corps is responsible for keeping the Army's combat forces moving and shooting - they supply ammunition as well as keep our vehicles and equipment in fighting shape.
The Signal Corps is also in charge of surveillance operations.
www.mines.edu /Academic/rotc/branch.htm   (629 words)

  
 Guardian Unlimited | Special reports | Focus: the army
The army is principally divided into more than a dozen different corps, which are a collection of regiments or small groupings of soldiers that share a common area of specialist expertise, such as infantry, artillery, cavalry or even dentistry.
The Royal Armoured corps (RAC) and Household Cavalry consists of cavalry regiments and the royal tank regiment.
This corps' tasks range from armed action, reconnaissance, directing artillery and ground attack aircraft to moving troops and stores, evacuating casualties or acting as an airborne command post.
www.guardian.co.uk /military/army/0,12209,749315,00.html   (3995 words)

  
 I Corps
I Corps is unique among the three continental United States (CONUS) Corps in that it has no assigned active Army divisions in peacetime and is composed of a balance of Active and Reserve base units in peacetime and wartime.
Thus I Corps' name, "America's Corps!" While I Corps is not directly responsible for the readiness of the RC units, it does coordinate with the U.S. Army Reserve Command and the states' Adjutant Generals to articulate the wartime requirements and anticipated missions for these Corps base units.
The Deputy Commanding General of I Corps, one of the Army's three active corps, is an RC general officer.
www.globalsecurity.org /military/agency/army/i-corps.htm   (1382 words)

  
 Fort Hood Installation Adjutant General
The proud lineage of the Adjutant General's Corps dates back nearly as far as the Army which it has honorably served for more than 200 years.
The officers, soldiers, and civilians of the AG Corps are a highly trained and multifunctional group of Human Resources experts.
Serving in the tradition of Major General Horatio Gates and AG soldiers of the past, they are a vital part of America's Army.
www.hood.army.mil /AG/AG_History.htm   (588 words)

  
 Chapt5Sec2
Lieut General Gavin controlled the report, he was one of the officers that I met in San Antonio when he returned with the Eversharp group.
General Twining was another officer I had met when he was one of Eversharp returnees.
General “A” and others organized a support group and brought the boy to American for education both in school at Saint Hilda’s Day School, and at the Juilliard School of Music.
www.boultonmiller.com /Chapter5Sec2.htm   (12507 words)

  
 Corps
While the regiment is the main identification in the infantry and cavalry units, the corps seems to be the main identifier in the rest of the army branches.
The officers and non-commissioned officers (NCO) corps of the regiments might have perceived a strong loyalty to the unit, but the soldiers have not had the same connection.
Even though one might expect this "tribalism" to be anachronistic, and something the soldiers find troublesome and taking up unnecessary time, the general consensus among the TA soldiers I have spoken too seems to be that it is an important part of their life.
www.eng.umu.se /htp/example1/corps.htm   (585 words)

  
 Adjutant Generals' Corps [UK]
Formed from the Corps of Royal Military Police and the Military Provost Staff Corps, with responsibilities remaining the same.
Formed from the Royal Army Educational Corps, with responsibilities remaining the same.
Maj-Gen. HRH Katharine, The Duchess of Kent, GCVO
www.regiments.org /regiments/uk/corps/AGC.htm   (241 words)

  
 Women's Royal Army Corps: Encyclopedia topic   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
The Women's Royal Army Corps (WRAC - sometimes pronounced phonetically as rack, a term unpopular with its members) was the corps (corps: An army unit usually consisting of two or more divisions) to which all women in the British Army (British Army: the british army is the land armed forces branch of the british military....
On 6 April 1992, the WRAC was disbanded and its members transferred to the appropriate corps of the army, signalling full integration of women into non-combat roles.
Officially, since a majority of its members had been administrative personnel, the WRAC amalgamated into the new Adjutant General's Corps (Adjutant General's Corps: the adjutant generals corps is a corps in the british army responsible for many of its...
www.absoluteastronomy.com /reference/womens_royal_army_corps   (476 words)

  
 ALS '03
General MacArthur went on to became the first five star General of the Army.
She generally credits her service as a captain on the women's basketball team for her confidence in this area.
He is the fifth generation in his family to serve in the Army and makes it a point to mention his father as his inspiration.
www.dean.usma.edu /law/newsletter/ALS/als03.htm   (5985 words)

  
 Northeastern University Army ROTC
After debate in the Emerald and in the chambers of the State Board of Education, ROTC became voluntary in the fall of 1962.
A university employee, generally responsible for all aspects of cadet administration except scholarships.
The Battalion Adjutant will administer the awards program with the Military Science class advisors, ensuring cadets are nominated for appropriate awards and decorations.
darkwing.uoregon.edu /~army/documents/CadetHandbook.htm   (6939 words)

  
 Biographical Sketch of John Glenn   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
He enjoyed life in the U.S. Marine Corps, had considerable skills as a pilot, and thrived on the challenges inherent in flying the latest developments in military aircraft.
It was generally agreed that in order to learn more about possible connections between the aging process on Earth and the weightlessness of space, NASA needed to send an older individual into space.
Glenn presently holds a position as an adjutant professor in both the Department of Political Science and the School of Public Policy and Management at Ohio State and is Chairman of the Board of Directors for the John Glenn Institute.
www.library.osu.edu /sites/archives/glenn/glennbio.htm   (5837 words)

  
 Branch.html   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
The role of an officer in this branch is to direct and coordinate the employment of Army Aviation units in support of land combat operations.
In the Chemical Corps, Officers support the Army by providing expertise concerning all aspects of chemical, biological, and nuclear defense and chemical operations to commanders and staffs at all levels.
The Mission of the adjutant Generals Corps is to handle the recruitment and maintence of Army perssonal records.
academic.uofs.edu /student/MAZZOCCHIJ2/Branch.html   (464 words)

  
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A People's War `pod', is at The Adjutant Generals Corps Museum in Peninsula Barracks, just off Romsey Road in Winchester - giving Hampshire residents the chance to come and add their memories to the website: www.bbc.co.uk/ww2.
The sort of stories the BBC are looking for include: first-hand accounts and recollections written by people who lived through the war; stories that have been passed through the family about relatives who lived through the war; transcripts of diaries and letters dating from World War Two and photographs.
All the stories contributed to the website will be organised into a categorised and searchable format to serve as an educational resource and enduring tribute to the war generation.
www.hants.gov.uk /press/2005/PR2134.html   (365 words)

  
 Adjutant General's Corps (AGC)
The Adjutant General's Corps is one of the largest Corps in the British Army and deals with its most vital resource - its personnel.
The AGC is a diverse organisation with many specialist roles.
There are opportunities for all its members to further themselves through Military Training, the acquisition of civilian recognised qualifications but more importantly in the achievement of a rewarding and challenging Military Career at any level.
www.army.mod.uk /agc   (217 words)

  
 Connecticut Revolutionary War Units
This left generals filling three roles at the same time-that of general, colonel, and captain.
After a recess the assembly reconvened on 11 May and remained in session for the rest of the month, passing legislation that resolved a number of logistical, administrative, and disciplinary problems.
It defined the regimental adjutant as a distinct officer.
www.myrevolutionarywar.com /states/ct/index.htm   (802 words)

  
 Review of The Decorations, Medals, Ribbons, Badges and Insignia of The United States Army, World War II to Present   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
Many of American’s greatest generation are passing on and their families are left without any idea of the cherished meaning and symbolism of these noble mementos.
This new book written by Colonel Frank Foster, former Commandant and Chief of the Army’s Adjutant Generals Corps and America’s leading authority on Army awards now tells the history and story of these magnificent symbols of appreciation that America uses to recognize her soldiers.
Aide insignia from the President to Brigadier General are described and shown in both drawings and color photographs.
www.moapress.com /BK39Reviews.htm   (1023 words)

  
 The Adventures of Chester: Fallujah, media memes, and public debate
Traditional public relations methodology has attempted to generate enough contrary content such that the good might offer an alternative to the negative for the public to choose what to believe themselves.
Each was a pretty senior colonel or general officer, held by Napoleon in exceptionally high esteem, and trusted implicitly.
The first was a group of between eight and twelve adjutant generals; these were men selected unsystematically from among colonels and generals who caught the emperor's eye, usually carried the rank of brigadier or major general, and were between ages thirty and forty and thus in the full flower of their mental and physical powers.
www.theadventuresofchester.com /archives/2006/03/fallujah_media.html   (2223 words)

  
 Four Slippery Rock University (SRU) seniors were recently commissioned as Second Lieutenants in the United States Army   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
Lieutenant Carnahan, a 1995 graduate of Brockway High School, graduated with a Bachelors of Arts in Dance.
  As an Adjutant Generals Corps Officer, she will attend the Adjutant Generals Corps Officer Basic Course at Fort Eustis, Virginia.
Lieutenant Crivello, a 1996 graduate of Mercer High School, graduated with a Bachelors of Science is Psychology.
www.sru.edu /depts/chhs/rotc/homepage/archives/commissioningmay2000.htm   (372 words)

  
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 Douglas Long   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
Right after Pearl Harbor, he received a direct commission in the grade of First Lieutenant, Adjutant Generals Corps, United States Army.
Andrew came out of the closet and announced that he was gay, to which Dad responded by kicking him out of the house.
This was not to say he didn't love Andrew, but there was conflicting emotions between his conservative Catholic upbringing and the morals of a new generation.
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 Bluedome
Employed in the Adjutant Generals Corps his work is mainly administrative in support of the armoured regiment to which he is attached.
Mark is 28 and married with a young daughter.
Joined the Royal Army Medical Corps in 1995 as a medical cadet whilst studying at Aberdeen University.
www.bluedome.co.uk /Kangchenjunga2000/juniorteam.html   (958 words)

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