adjutant

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Janson D. Boyles, the adjutant general of Mississippi, said the accident is under investigation and did not offer additional details.

From Seattle Times • Feb. 26, 2024

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. Timothy P. Williams, the adjutant general of Virginia, said in a statement.

From Washington Times • Mar. 21, 2023

Baldwin, who has led the Guard since 2011 as its adjutant general and reports to Newsom, did not respond to an interview request.

From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 18, 2022

Amazingly, I get praised by Isabelle, the thin little seventyish lady who seems to be Ellie’s adjutant: I am doing “wonderfully,” she tells me, and—even better—am “great to work with.”

From "Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America" by Barbara Ehrenreich