Oklahoma § 44-25 - Rank of Adjutant General - Assistants

§ 44-25. Rank of Adjutant General - Assistants

A. The Adjutant General shall have the rank of Major General

and devote full time to the duties of the office. Regardless of

whether or not the Adjutant General has been recognized federally at

the rank of Major General at the time of appointment by the

Governor, the Adjutant General shall be compensated at the same rate

of pay afforded to a Major General serving on federal Title 10

active duty with the same time in service.

B. The Governor may appoint Assistant Adjutants General for

Army and Assistant Adjutants General for Air to assist the Adjutant

General in the discharge and performance of his or her duties. When

appointing Assistant Adjutants General, the Governor shall take into

consideration the number of such positions contemplated or

recommended by the National Guard Bureau for manning the joint

forces headquarters of a state. Such Assistant Adjutants General

shall have the qualifications prescribed by law for the Adjutant

General and shall have the rank of Brigadier General. The Assistant

Adjutants General appointed by the Governor shall be considered

Oklahoma Statutes - Title 44. Militia

staff officers and not commanders except that, in the discretion of

the Adjutant General, specific command or supervisory authority may

be delegated by the Adjutant General to an Assistant Adjutant

General but such delegation shall be accomplished in writing and

shall be considered a military publication, as defined in Section

801 of this title (Article 1).

C. Other general officers assigned to billets within the state

military forces, including certain billets within the joint forces

headquarters, shall be considered staff officers and not commanders

except that, in the discretion of the Adjutant General, specific

command or supervisory authority may be delegated by the Adjutant

General to such general officers, but such delegation shall be

accomplished in writing and shall be considered a military

publication, as defined in Section 801 of this title (Article 1).

D. The Adjutant General may employ a state employee in the

position of Executive Assistant and Programs Manager for the

Military Department of the state. Said position shall be

unclassified and exempt from the Oklahoma Personnel Act and the

Merit Rules for Employment, except leave regulations.

Added by Laws 1951, p. 115, art. 2, § 5, emerg. eff. May 16, 1951.

Amended by Laws 1959, p. 195, § 2, emerg. eff. July 16, 1959; Laws

1990, c. 258, § 33, operative July 1, 1990; Laws 2012, c. 304, §

153; Laws 2021, c. 12, § 2, emerg. eff. April 13, 2021; Laws 2025,

c. 344, § 3, eff. Nov. 1, 2025.