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chief of the National Guard Bureau

{{short description|Highest-ranking officer of the United States National Guard}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=August 2018}}

{{Infobox official post

| post = Chief

| body = the National Guard Bureau

| native_name =

| insignia = NGB-seal.svg

| insigniasize =

| insigniacaption = Seal of the National Guard Bureau

| flag = Flag of the National Guard Bureau.svg

| flagsize =

| flagborder = yes

| flagcaption = Flag of the Chief

| image = Gen Steven S. Nordhaus.jpg

| imagesize =

| alt =

| incumbent = General Steven S. Nordhaus

| incumbentsince = 2 October 2024

| department = National Guard Bureau

| style =

| type =

| status =

| abbreviation = CNGB

| member_of = Joint Chiefs of Staff

| reports_to = Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff

| residence =

| seat =

| nominator = President

| appointer = Senate

| appointer_qualified =

| termlength = 4 years

| termlength_qualified = Renewable

| constituting_instrument = {{USC|10|10502}}

| precursor =

| formation = 14 February 1908

| first = COL Erasmus M. Weaver Jr.

| last =

| abolished =

| succession =

| unofficial_names =

| deputy = Vice Chief of the National Guard Bureau

| salary =

| website = [https://www.nationalguard.mil/Leadership/CNGB/ Official Website]

}}

The chief of the National Guard Bureau (CNGB) is the highest-ranking officer of the National Guard and the head of the National Guard Bureau.{{cite web |url=https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/10/10502- |title=10 USC 10502 Chief of the National Guard Bureau: appointment; adviser on National Guard matters; grade; succession |publisher=Legal Information Institute |access-date=1 September 2017}} The position is a statutory office ({{UnitedStatesCode|10|10502}}), held by a federally recognized commissioned officer who has served at least 10 years of federally recognized active duty in the National Guard; the Army National Guard or the Air National Guard.{{cite web |url=https://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/PLAW-110publ181/html/PLAW-110publ181.htm |title=Public Law 110-181: National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2008 |last=U.S. Congress |date=January 28, 2008 |website=GPO.gov |publisher=U.S. Government Publishing Office |location=Washington, DC |ref={{sfnRef|Public Law 110-181}}}} In a separate capacity as a member of the Joint Chiefs of Staff ({{UnitedStatesCode|10|151}}), the chief is a military adviser to the National Security Council, the Homeland Security Council, the secretary of defense, and the president on matters pertaining to the National Guard.{{cite web |url=http://www.govtrack.us/congress/billtext.xpd?bill=h110-4986 |website=H.R. 4986 (110th): National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2008 |author=United States Congress |title=SEC. 1812. Establishment of National Guard Bureau as Joint Activity of the Department of Defense |year=2008 |publisher=govtrack |access-date=1 September 2017 |archive-date=18 March 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120318062837/http://www.govtrack.us/congress/billtext.xpd?bill=h110-4986 |url-status=dead }}

The chief is nominated for appointment by the president from any eligible National Guard officers holding the rank of major general or above,{{sfn|Public Law 110-181}} who also meets the requirements for the position as determined by defense secretary and the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff,{{sfn|Public Law 110-181}} under the advice and/or recommendation from their respective state governors and their service secretary. The chief and vice chief of the National Guard Bureau cannot be from the same service.{{Cite web |title=10 U.S. Code § 10505 - Vice Chief of the National Guard Bureau |url=https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/10/10505 |access-date=2023-12-23 |website=LII / Legal Information Institute |language=en}} The nominee must be confirmed via majority vote from the Senate.{{sfn|Public Law 110-181}} The chief serves a four-year term of office at the pleasure of the president.{{sfn|Public Law 110-181}} By statute, the Chief is appointed as a four-star general{{sfn|Public Law 110-181}} in the Army or Air Force, serving as a reserve officer on active duty.{{sfn|Public Law 110-181}}

The current chief of the National Guard Bureau is General Steven Nordhaus, who assumed command on 2 October 2024.{{cite web|url=https://www.nationalguard.mil/Leadership/CNGB/|title=General Steven S. Nordhaus|access-date=2024-10-09|website=National Guard Bureau}}

History

In 1908, the United States Army created the Militia Bureau to oversee training and readiness for the National Guard as part of implementing the Militia Act of 1903. From 1908 to 1911, Erasmus M. Weaver Jr. served as head of the Army's Militia Bureau, the first person to hold the position.United States Infantry Association, [https://books.google.com/books?id=BR8nAQAAIAAJ&dq=%22erasmus+m+weaver%22+militia+bureau&pg=PA292 Infantry Journal], Volume 5, 1908, page 292 The National Defense Act of 1920 included a provision that the chief of the Militia Bureau must be a National Guard officer.Dodd, Mead, Inc., [https://books.google.com/books?id=vZwYAAAAIAAJ&q=george+rickards+56th+brigade The New International Year Book], 1934, page 575United States Field Artillery Association, [https://books.google.com/books?id=jXkmAQAAIAAJ&q=george+rickards+national+defense+act+1920 The Field Artillery Journal], Volume 15, 1925, page 308Pittsburgh Press, [https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=TAMbAAAAIBAJ&sjid=hEkEAAAAIBAJ&pg=3651,4835604&dq=george-rickards&hl=en "Maj. Smathers becomes First in Command"], April 13, 1919 In 1921 Pennsylvania National Guard officer George C. Rickards became the first guardsman to serve as chief, and he held the post until his 1925 retirement.{{cite book |last1=Doubler |first1=Michael Dale |last2=Listman |first2=John W. |date=2003 |title=The National Guard: An Illustrated History of Americas Citizen-soldiers |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=cpaCSfXbbusC&pg=PA68 |location=Dulles, VA |publisher=Brassey's, Inc. |page=68 |isbn=978-1-57488-389-3}}

In September 1947, the Air National Guard was created, and the positions of Chief the Army Division and Chief of the Air Division were established, with the directors subordinate to the NGB Chief.{{cite magazine |date=December 1, 1948 |title=New Commanding General of the Air Force Division |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=9TTwMHqxDWwC&pg=PA10 |magazine=Flying |location=Chicago, IL |publisher=Ziff-Davis Publishing |page=10}} In 1953, Air National Guard director Earl T. Ricks served as acting chief of the National Guard Bureau, making him the first Air Guard officer to hold the chief's position.{{cite magazine |date=1953 |title=Chief of the National Guard Bureau |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=LXDfAAAAMAAJ&q=%22earl+t.+ricks%22 |magazine= The National Guardsman |volume=7 |location=Washington, DC |publisher=National Guard Association of the United States |page=8}} In the mid-1970s, the chief of the National Guard Bureau position was elevated from major general to lieutenant general, and La Vern E. Weber became the first NGB chief to wear three stars.{{cite web |url=https://www.okhistory.org/publications/enc/entry.php?entry=WE008 |title=Biography, Weber, La Vern Erick |last=Frazier |first=David L. |website=OKHistory.org |publisher=Oklahoma Historical Society |location=Oklahoma City, OK |access-date=December 10, 2018}}

The 2008 National Defense Authorization Act elevated the chief of the National Guard Bureau to the four-star rank of general making Craig McKinley the first National Guard officer to achieve four-star rank. In 2012, the position became the seventh member of the U.S. Joint Chiefs of Staff via the 2012 National Defense Authorization Act, which was signed into law by President Obama on 31 December 2011. The sitting Joint Chiefs at the time, had opposed the addition of another member, but the president promised in his 2008 campaign to elevate the office.{{cite magazine|last1=Thompson|first1=Mark|title=The Changing of the Guard|url=https://nation.time.com/2012/01/04/the-changing-of-the-guard/|access-date=11 July 2017|magazine=Time|date=4 January 2012}}

Previous flag

File:Chiefngbureauflag.JPG

This positional flag for the chief of the National Guard Bureau was used from 1998 to 2008. The dark blue represented the Army National Guard, the light blue represented the Air National Guard. The badge in the center is the branch insignia of the National Guard Bureau. The two triangles in the upper fly are "flight devices" and represent the Air National Guard.

The current version of the flag was adopted in 2008 when the position of Chief of the National Guard Bureau was upgraded to four-star general.

List of chiefs of the National Guard Bureau

File:2024 Chief of the National Guard Bureau Assumption of Responsibility Ceremony 241015-Z-VX744-1644.jpg, incoming chief of the National Guard Bureau, receives the NGB command guidon from Admiral Christopher W. Grady (back facing camera) on 15 October 2024.]]

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rowspan=2| {{abbr|No.|Number}}

! colspan=2| Commander

! colspan=3| Term

! rowspan=2| Service branch

Portrait

! Name

! Took office

! Left office

! Term length

{{Officeholder table

| order = 1

| military_rank = Colonel

| image = Erasmus Morgan Weaver, Jr. (cropped).jpg

| officeholder = Erasmus M. Weaver Jr.

| born_year = 1854

| died_year = 1920

| term_start = 14 February 1908

| term_end = 14 March 1911

| timeinoffice = {{ayd|1908|02|14|1911|03|14}}

| defence_branch = 75px
U.S. Army

}}

{{Officeholder table

| order = 2

| military_rank = Brigadier General

| image = Robert K. Evans.jpg

| officeholder = Robert K. Evans

| born_year = 1852

| died_year = 1926

| term_start = 15 March 1911

| term_end = 31 August 1912

| timeinoffice = {{ayd|1911|03|15|1912|08|31}}

| defence_branch = 75px
U.S. Army

}}

{{Officeholder table

| order = 3

| military_rank = Major General

| image = Albert L. Mills.png

| officeholder = Albert L. Mills

| born_year = 1854

| died_year = 1916

| term_start = 1 September 1912

| term_end = 18 September 1916

| timeinoffice = {{ayd|1912|09|01|1916|09|18}}

| defence_branch = 75px
U.S. Army

}}

{{Officeholder table

| order = -

| military_rank = Colonel

| image = McIver.jpg

| officeholder = George W. McIver

| born_year = 1858

| died_year = 1947

| term_start = 18 September 1916

| term_end = 26 October 1916

| timeinoffice = {{ayd|1916|09|18|1916|10|26}}

| defence_branch = 75px
U.S. Army

| acting = y

}}

{{Officeholder table

| order = 4

| military_rank = Major General

| image = William Abram Mann 2.jpg

| officeholder = William A. Mann

| born_year = 1854

| died_year = 1934

| term_start = 26 October 1916

| term_end = 26 November 1917

| timeinoffice = {{ayd|1917|11|26|1918|08|15}}

| defence_branch = 75px
U.S. Army

}}

{{Officeholder table

| order = 5

| military_rank = Major General

| image = Jesse McIlvaine Carter.jpg

| officeholder = Jesse McI. Carter

| born_year = 1863

| died_year = 1930

| term_start = 26 November 1917

| term_end = 15 August 1918

| timeinoffice = {{ayd|1917|11|26|1918|08|15}}

| defence_branch = 75px
U.S. Army

}}

{{Officeholder table

| order = -

| military_rank = Brigadier General

| image = John W. Heavey Captain.jpg

| officeholder = John W. Heavey

| born_year = 1867

| died_year = 1941

| term_start = 15 August 1918

| term_end = 5 February 1919

| timeinoffice = {{ayd|1918|08|15|1919|02|05}}

| defence_branch = 75px
U.S. Army

| acting = y

}}

{{Officeholder table

| order = 5

| military_rank = Major General

| image = Jesse McIlvaine Carter.jpg

| officeholder = Jesse McI. Carter

| born_year = 1863

| died_year = 1930

| term_start = 5 February 1919

| term_end = 28 June 1921

| timeinoffice = {{ayd|1919|02|05|1921|06|28}}

| defence_branch = 75px
U.S. Army

}}

{{Officeholder table

| order = 6

| military_rank = Major General

| image = George C. Rickards.jpg

| officeholder = George C. Rickards

| born_year = 1860

| died_year = 1933

| term_start = 29 June 1921

| term_end = 28 June 1925

| timeinoffice = {{ayd|1921|06|29|1925|06|28}}

| defence_branch = 75px
U.S. Army

}}

{{Officeholder table

| order = 7

| military_rank = Major General

| image = Hammond cc.jpg

| officeholder = Creed C. Hammond

| born_year = 1874

| died_year = 1940

| term_start = 29 June 1925

| term_end = 28 June 1929

| timeinoffice = {{ayd|1925|06|29|1929|06|28}}

| defence_branch = 75px
U.S. Army

}}

{{Officeholder table

| order = -

| military_rank = Colonel

| image = Ernest R. Redmond.jpg

| officeholder = Ernest R. Redmond

| born_year = 1883

| died_year = 1966

| term_start = 29 June 1929

| term_end = 30 September 1929

| timeinoffice = {{ayd|1929|06|29|1929|09|30}}

| defence_branch = 75px
U.S. Army

| acting = y

}}

{{Officeholder table

| order = 8

| military_rank = Major General

| image = Everson wg.jpg

| officeholder = William G. Everson

| born_year = 1879

| died_year = 1954

| term_start = 1 October 1929

| term_end = 30 November 1931

| timeinoffice = {{ayd|1929|10|01|1931|11|30}}

| defence_branch = 75px
U.S. Army

}}

{{Officeholder table

| order = 9

| military_rank = Major General

| image = George E. Leach.jpg

| officeholder = George E. Leach

| born_year = 1876

| died_year = 1955

| term_start = 1 December 1931

| term_end = 30 November 1935

| timeinoffice = {{ayd|1931|12|01|1935|11|30}}

| defence_branch = 75px
U.S. Army

}}

{{Officeholder table

| order = -

| military_rank = Colonel

| image = Herold Weiler.jpg

| officeholder = Herold J. Weiler

| born_year = 1886

| died_year = 1945

| term_start = 1 December 1935

| term_end = 16 January 1936

| timeinoffice = {{ayd|1935|12|01|1936|01|16}}

| defence_branch = 75px
U.S. Army

| acting = y

}}

{{Officeholder table

| order = -

| military_rank = Colonel

| image = John F. Williams.jpg

| officeholder = John F. Williams

| born_year = 1887

| died_year = 1953

| term_start = 17 January 1936

| term_end = 30 January 1936

| timeinoffice = {{ayd|1936|01|17|1936|01|30}}

| defence_branch = 75px
U.S. Army

| acting = y

}}

{{Officeholder table

| order = 10

| military_rank = Major General

| image = Albert H. Blanding.jpg

| officeholder = Albert H. Blanding

| born_year = 1876

| died_year = 1970

| term_start = 31 January 1936

| term_end = 30 January 1940

| timeinoffice = {{ayd|1936|01|30|1940|01|30}}

| defence_branch = 75px
U.S. Army

}}

{{Officeholder table

| order = 11

| military_rank = Major General

| image = John F. Williams.jpg

| officeholder = John F. Williams

| born_year = 1887

| died_year = 1953

| term_start = 31 January 1940

| term_end = 30 January 1944

| timeinoffice = {{ayd|1940|01|31|1944|01|31}}

| defence_branch = 75px
U.S. Army

}}

{{Officeholder table

| order = -

| military_rank = Major General

| image = John F. Williams.jpg

| officeholder = John F. Williams

| born_year = 1887

| died_year = 1953

| term_start = 31 January 1944

| term_end = 31 January 1946

| timeinoffice = {{ayd|1944|01|31|1946|01|31}}

| defence_branch = 75px
U.S. Army

| acting = y

}}

{{Officeholder table

| order = 12

| military_rank = Major General

| image = Butler B. Miltonberger.jpg

| officeholder = Butler B. Miltonberger

| born_year = 1897

| died_year = 1977

| term_start = 1 February 1946

| term_end = 29 September 1947

| timeinoffice = {{ayd|1946|02|01|1947|09|29}}

| defence_branch = 75px
U.S. Army

}}

{{Officeholder table

| order = 13

| military_rank = Major General

| image = Cramer kf.jpg

| officeholder = Kenneth F. Cramer

| born_year = 1894

| died_year = 1954

| term_start = 30 September 1947

| term_end = 4 September 1950

| timeinoffice = {{ayd|1947|09|30|1950|09|04}}

| defence_branch = 75px
U.S. Army

}}

{{Officeholder table

| order = -

| military_rank = Major General

| image = Major General Raymond H. Fleming.jpg

| officeholder = Raymond H. Fleming

| born_year = 1889

| died_year = 1974

| term_start = 5 September 1950

| term_end = 13 August 1951

| timeinoffice = {{ayd|1950|09|05|1951|08|13}}

| defence_branch = 75px
U.S. Army

| acting = y

}}

{{Officeholder table

| order = 14

| military_rank = Major General

| image = Major General Raymond H. Fleming.jpg

| officeholder = Raymond H. Fleming

| born_year = 1889

| died_year = 1974

| term_start = 14 August 1951

| term_end = 15 February 1953

| timeinoffice = {{ayd|1951|08|14|1953|02|15}}

| defence_branch = 75px
U.S. Army

}}

{{Officeholder table

| order = -

| military_rank = Major General

| image = MG Earl F Ricks.jpg

| officeholder = Earl T. Ricks

| born_year = 1908

| died_year = 1954

| term_start = 16 February 1953

| term_end = 21 June 1953

| timeinoffice = {{ayd|1953|02|16|1953|06|21}}

| defence_branch = 75px
U.S. Air Force

| acting = y

}}

{{Officeholder table

| order = 15

| military_rank = Major General

| image = Erickson ec.jpg

| officeholder = Edgar C. Erickson

| born_year = 1896

| died_year = 1989

| term_start = 22 June 1953

| term_end = 31 May 1959

| timeinoffice = {{ayd|1953|06|23|1959|05|31}}

| defence_branch = 75px
U.S. Army

}}

{{Officeholder table

| order = -

| military_rank = Major General

| image = Wilson wp.jpg

| officeholder = Winston P. Wilson

| born_year = 1911

| died_year = 1996

| term_start = 1 June 1959

| term_end = 19 July 1959

| timeinoffice = {{ayd|1959|06|01|1959|07|19}}

| defence_branch = 75px
U.S. Air Force

| acting = y

}}

{{Officeholder table

| order = 16

| military_rank = Major General

| image = Mcgowan dw.jpg

| officeholder = Donald W. McGowan

| born_year = 1899

| died_year = 1967

| term_start = 20 July 1959

| term_end = 30 August 1963

| timeinoffice = {{ayd|1959|07|20|1963|08|30}}

| defence_branch = 75px
U.S. Army

}}

{{Officeholder table

| order = 17

| military_rank = Major General

| image = Wilson wp.jpg

| officeholder = Winston P. Wilson

| born_year = 1911

| died_year = 1996

| term_start = 31 August 1963

| term_end = 31 August 1971

| timeinoffice = {{ayd|1963|08|31|1971|08|31}}

| defence_branch = 75px
U.S. Air Force

}}

{{Officeholder table

| order = 18

| military_rank = Major General

| image = S-Greenlief.jpg

| officeholder = Francis S. Greenlief

| born_year = 1921

| died_year = 1999

| term_start = 1 September 1971

| term_end = 23 June 1974

| timeinoffice = {{ayd|1971|09|01|1974|06|23}}

| defence_branch = 75px
U.S. Army

}}

{{Officeholder table

| order = 19

| military_rank = Lieutenant General

| image = Weber le.jpg |bSize=100px

| officeholder = La Vern E. Weber

| born_year = 1923

| died_year = 1999

| term_start = 16 August 1974

| term_end = 15 August 1982

| timeinoffice = {{ayd|1974|08|16|1982|08|15}}

| defence_branch = 75px
U.S. Army

}}

{{Officeholder table

| order = 20

| military_rank = Lieutenant General

| image = Walker eh.jpg

| officeholder = Emmett H. Walker Jr.

| born_year = 1924

| died_year = 2007

| term_start = 16 August 1982

| term_end = 15 August 1986

| timeinoffice = {{ayd|1982|08|16|1986|08|15}}

| defence_branch = 75px
U.S. Army

}}

{{Officeholder table

| order = 21

| military_rank = Lieutenant General

| image = HRTemple-DA-SC-92-05252.jpeg

| officeholder = Herbert R. Temple Jr.

| born_year = 1928

| died_year = 2024

| term_start = 16 August 1986

| term_end = 31 January 1990

| timeinoffice = {{ayd|1986|08|16|1990|01|31}}

| defence_branch = 75px
U.S. Army

}}

{{Officeholder table

| order = 22

| military_rank = Lieutenant General

| image = John Conaway.jpg

| officeholder = John B. Conaway

| born_year = 1934

| died_year =

| term_start = 1 February 1990

| term_end = 1 December 1993

| timeinoffice = {{ayd|1990|02|01|1993|12|01}}

| defence_branch = 75px
U.S. Air Force

}}

{{Officeholder table

| order = -

| military_rank = Major General

| image = Philip_G._Killey.png

| officeholder = Philip G. Killey

| born_year = 1941

| died_year =

| term_start = 2 December 1993

| term_end = 1 January 1994

| timeinoffice = {{ayd|1994|01|02|1994|07|31}}

| defence_branch = 75px
U.S. Air Force

| acting = y

}}

{{Officeholder table

| order = -

| military_rank = Major General

| image = Portrait of US Army Major General Raymond Rees, Vice CHIEF, National Guard Bureau, Arlington, Virginia (uncovered).jpg

| officeholder = Raymond F. Rees

| born_year = 1944

| died_year =

| term_start = 2 January 1994

| term_end = 31 July 1994

| timeinoffice = {{ayd|1994|01|02|1994|07|31}}

| defence_branch = 75px
U.S. Army

| acting = y

}}

{{Officeholder table

| order = -

| military_rank = Major General

| image = Army Maj. Gen. John R. D'Araujo, Jr. (35822233606).jpg

| officeholder = John R. D'Araujo Jr.

| born_year = 1943

| died_year =

| term_start = 1 August 1994

| term_end = 30 September 1994

| timeinoffice = {{ayd|1994|08|01|1994|09|30}}

| defence_branch = 75px
U.S. Army

| acting = y

}}

{{Officeholder table

| order = 23

| military_rank = Lieutenant General

| image = Edward D. Baca.JPEG

| officeholder = Edward D. Baca

| born_year = 1938

| died_year = 2020

| term_start = 1 October 1994

| term_end = 31 July 1998

| timeinoffice = {{ayd|1994|10|01|1998|07|31}}

| defence_branch = 75px
U.S. Army

}}

{{Officeholder table

| order = 24

| military_rank = Lieutenant General

| image = Air Force Lt. Gen. Russell C. Davis (35053638893).jpg

| officeholder = Russell C. Davis

| born_year = 1938

| died_year =

| term_start = 4 August 1998

| term_end = 3 August 2002

| timeinoffice = {{ayd|1998|08|04|2002|08|03}}

| defence_branch = 75px
U.S. Air Force

}}

{{Officeholder table

| order = -

| military_rank = Major General

| image = Portrait of U.S. Army MAJ. Gen. Raymond F. Rees (Uncovered) (U.S. Army photo by Mr. Scott Davis) (Released) (PC-193191).jpg

| officeholder = Raymond F. Rees

| born_year = 1944

| died_year =

| term_start = 4 August 2002

| term_end = 10 April 2003

| timeinoffice = {{ayd|2002|08|04|2003|04|10}}

| defence_branch = 75px
U.S. Army

| acting = y

}}

{{Officeholder table

| order = 25

| military_rank = Lieutenant General

| image = H. Steven Blum (2).jpg

| officeholder = H Steven Blum

| born_year = 1946

| died_year =

| term_start = 11 April 2003

| term_end = 17 November 2008

| timeinoffice = {{ayd|2003|04|11|2008|11|17}}

| defence_branch = 75px
U.S. Army

}}

{{Officeholder table

| order = 26

| military_rank = General

| image = General Craig R McKinley.jpg

| officeholder = Craig R. McKinley

| born_year = 1952

| died_year =

| term_start = 17 November 2008

| term_end = 6 September 2012

| timeinoffice = {{ayd|2008|11|17|2012|09|06}}

| defence_branch = 75px
U.S. Air Force

}}

{{Officeholder table

| order = 27

| military_rank = General

| image = General Frank J. Grass JCS.jpg

| officeholder = Frank J. Grass

| born_year = 1951

| died_year =

| term_start = 7 September 2012

| term_end = 3 August 2016

| timeinoffice = {{ayd|2012|09|07|2016|08|03}}

| defence_branch = 75px
U.S. Army

}}

{{Officeholder table

| order = 28

| military_rank = General

| image = Gen Lengyel (2016 4-Star Photo).jpg

| officeholder = Joseph L. Lengyel

| born_year = 1959

| died_year =

| term_start = 3 August 2016

| term_end = 3 August 2020

| timeinoffice = {{ayd|2016|08|03|2020|08|03}}

| defence_branch = 75px
U.S. Air Force

}}

{{Officeholder table

| order = 29

| military_rank = General

| image = GEN Daniel R. Hokanson.jpg

| officeholder = Daniel R. Hokanson

| born_year = 1963

| died_year =

| term_start = 3 August 2020

| term_end = 2 August 2024

| timeinoffice = {{ayd|2020|08|03|2024|08|02}}

| defence_branch = 75px
U.S. Army

}}

{{Officeholder table

| order = -

| military_rank = Lieutenant General

| image = LTG Jonathan M. Stubbs.jpg

| officeholder = Jonathan Stubbs

| born_year = 1972

| term_start = 5 August 2024{{cite web|url=https://www.nationalguard.mil/Leadership/CNGB/|title=Chief, National Guard Bureau|access-date=2024-08-06|website=National Guard Bureau}}

| term_end = 2 October 2024

| timeinoffice = {{ayd|2024|08|05|2024|10|02}}

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| order = 30

| military_rank = General

| image = Gen Steven S. Nordhaus.jpg

| officeholder = Steven S. Nordhaus

| born_year = 1966

| died_year =

| term_start = 2 October 2024

| term_end = Incumbent

| timeinoffice = {{ayd|2024|10|02}}

| defence_branch = 75px
U.S. Air Force

}}

See also

Notes

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External links

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  • [http://www.nationalguard.mil/Leadership/ngbgomo/bioshow.aspx?id=1412&name=General%20Frank%20J.%20Grass Biography, Frank J. Grass]

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