For over 250 years the
Adjutant-General to the Forces was one of the most senior officers in the
British Army. He was responsible for developing the Army's personnel policies and supporting its people. Since 2016 the Adjutant-General has been renamed Commander
Home Command with different responsibilities. ==United States== Adjutant General Corps In the
United States, there are three definitions of this term: • The chief administrative officer of the
United States Army, who is subordinated to the
Army Chief of Staff, and works directly for the Assistant Chief of Staff, G-1, or ACS, G-1 (formerly known as the Deputy Chief of Staff, Personnel, or DCSPER). Formerly a major general position, as of 1984 it is a brigadier general billet. This officer is head of the Adjutant General's Corps and is responsible for the procedures affecting awards and decorations, as well as casualty operations, and for the administration and preservation of records of all army personnel. • The chief administrative officer of a major military unit, such as a
division,
corps, or
army. This officer is normally subordinated to the unit chief of staff and is known as the G-1. Although they are called the Adjutant General, they are almost never a general officer and the General part is likely referencing the G in G-1 standing for
General Staff. • The
senior military officer of a state's, commonwealth's, or territory's military forces, including the
National Guard (
Army National Guard and
Air National Guard), the
naval militia, and any
state defense forces. This officer is known as the "AG" or the "TAG" and reports to the state's chief executive when the National Guard is not in a "federalized" status under Title 10 USC. ==Imperial Russia==