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State adjutant general
Head of a state National Guard / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
For other than the office of State adjutant general within the United States, see Adjutant general.
Each state in the United States has a senior military officer, as the state adjutant general, who is the de facto commander of a state's military forces, including the National Guard residing within the state, the state's naval militia, and any state defense forces. This officer is known as TAG (The Adjutant General), and is subordinated to the chief executive (generally the state's governor). They do not have authority over police forces, only military forces.
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