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The Adjutant General's Corps, formerly the Adjutant General's Department, is a branch of the United States Army first established in 1775. This branch provides personnel service support by manning the force, providing human resources services, coordinating personnel support, Army band operations, and recruiting and retention.
The Army of the US Historical Sketches of Staff and Line with Portraits of Generals-in-Chief. New York City: Maynard, Merrill & Co. pp. 1– 11 – via U.S. Army Center of Military History. Thian, Raphael Prosper (1901). Legislative History of the General Staff of the Army of the United States.
James Alexander Ulio (29 June 1882 – 30 July 1958) was an American military officer who served as Adjutant General in the United States Army from 1942 to 1946. As such, he was responsible for the classification and assignment of soldiers in an Army that would grow to 8.2 million by March 1945.
The Women's Army Corps (WAC) was originally founded as the Women's Army Auxiliary Corps (WAAC) on May 15, 1942. Its formation was initiated by Congresswoman Edith Nourse Rogers, who introduced a bill to officially integrate women into military service. The aim was to employ women in non-combat roles in order to free up men for frontline service.
Major General Henry Balding Lewis, CBE, (May 8, 1889 – May 21, 1966) was a United States Army officer who served in the Border War, Tientsin China, World War I and World War II. He served as adjutant general, United States Military Academy at West Point, Adjutant General 1st Infantry Division at Schofield Barracks in Hawaii.
The U.S. Army used the proceeds to buy land in 1903 in a more remote area, where the fort is located today. [2] Secretary of War Elihu Root named the post for President Benjamin Harrison in honor of Harrison's hometown. [3] Fort Benjamin Harrison saw its highest levels of activity during World War I and World War II. The Fort Benjamin Harrison ...
In 2008, as a result of the Army's transformation, the Human Resources community implemented the Personnel Services Delivery Redesign, which recoded the adjutant position in battalions to an officer from the Adjutant General's Corps. [2] The adjutant general at the battalion-level is generally a junior captain or senior first lieutenant and, in ...
Maurice Rose (November 26, 1899 – March 30, 1945) was a career officer in the United States Army who attained the rank of major general.A veteran of World War I and World War II, Rose was commanding the 3rd Armored Division when he was killed in action in Germany during the closing days of the Second World War becoming the highest-ranking American killed by enemy fire during the war in Europe.