Editing Adjutant general (section)

==United States==<!-- [[National Guard Bureau]] links to this section -->
{{See also|United States Army Adjutant General's Corps|List of Adjutants General of the U.S. Army}}

[[Image:USAGBRPLK.svg|thumb|[[United States Army|US Army]] 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 [[Chief of Staff of the United States Army|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 (military)|division]], [[corps]], or [[Military organization#Hierarchy of modern armies|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 '''G'''eneral Staff.
#The [[State adjutants general|senior military officer of a state's, commonwealth's, or territory's military forces]], including the [[United States National Guard|National Guard]] ([[Army National Guard]] and [[Air National Guard]]), the [[naval militia]], and any [[state defense force]]s. 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.<ref name="urlANG:NGAUS">{{cite web
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