Major General Gus L. Hargett, Jr.
The Adjutant General
Tennessee National Guard
Major General Gus L. Hargett, Jr. is the 74th Adjutant General of Tennessee. General Hargett was appointed to the state’s top military position in 2002, and reappointed by Governor Phil Bredesen in 2003. He is responsible for the supervision of the Military Department of Tennessee that includes the Army National Guard, the Air National Guard, the Tennessee Emergency Management Agency, and the Tennessee State Guard.
General Hargett enlisted in the Tennessee Army National Guard August 31, 1962, serving as an enlisted infantry soldier. Upon completion of Officer Candidate School (Tennessee Military Academy), he was commissioned an infantry officer on August 6, 1966.
General Hargett has served in various staff and leadership assignments within the Tennessee Army National Guard and the National Guard Bureau to include assignments as the Assistant Adjutant General, Army; Chief, Mobilization Plans with the III US Corps; Chief, Plans Division Fifth US Army; and Chief, Overseas Deployment Training, HQ, US Army Europe; during Desert Shield / Desert Storm served as Chief Operations/Exercise Division, National Guard Bureau; War College Fellowship, Ohio State, and served a six-year term as a member of Army Reserve Forces Policy Committee. He has the distinction of being the first National Guard officer to attend the resident NATO Defense College in Rome, Italy. In 2004, General Hargett completed a 2-year term as the Chairman of the Board, National Guard Association of the United States. He currently serves as a member of the Department of Defense, Reserve Forces Policy Board.
1966 Officer Candidate School, Tennessee Military Academy
1968 Military Police Officer Basic Course
1971 Military Police Advance Course
1976 Command and General Staff College
1981 Electronic Warfare Staff Officer Course
1982 Tennessee Civil Defense, Radiological Monitoring Course
1982 Tennessee Civil Defense, Instructor Workshop
1984 Mobilization Planners Orientation Course
1985 Armor Field Grade Officer Refresher Course
1987 Cumberland University - BA Degree - Criminal Justice
1988 NATO Defense College
1988 Defense Language Institute, German Language Training
1990 US Army War College
1993 Mobilization and Deployment
Planning Course, US Army Command and General Staff College
1998 Tennessee Government Executive Institute
1. Aug 66 - Jul 67, Platoon Leader, Co A, 3/117th Infantry Bn, 3rd Bde, 30th
Armored Div, Ripley, TN
2. Jul 67 - Jan 68, Executive Officer, Co A, 3/117th Infantry Bn , 3rd Bde,
30th Armored Div, Ripley, TN
3. Jan 68 - Nov 72, Platoon Leader, 268th Military Police Co, 168th Military
Police Bn, Ripley, TN
4. Nov 72 - Nov 75, Company Commander, 268th Military Police Co, 168th Military
Police Bn, Ripley, TN
5. Nov 75 - Oct 78, S-4, Headquarters and Headquarters Det, 168th Military
Police Bn, Dyersburg, TN
6. Oct 78 - Apr 82, S-2/S-3, Headquarters and Headquarters Det, 168th Military
Police Bn, Dyersburg, TN
7. Apr 82 - Jun 84, Chief, Mobilization Plans, G3/DPT, III US Corps, Ft. Hood,
TX
8. Jun 84 - Jun 86, Chief, Plans Division, ODCSPOS, Headquarters, Fifth US Army,
Ft Sam Houston, TX
9. Jun 86 - Aug 87, Instructor, Mobilization and Deployment Planning Course,
Command and General Staff College, Ft. Sam Houston, TX
10. Aug 87 - Mar 88, Student, NATO Defense College, Rome, Italy
11. Mar 88 - May 88, Student, Defense Language Institute, Washington, D.C.
12. May 88 - Jul 89, Chief, Overseas Deployment Training Branch, ODCSOPS,
Headquarters, US Army, Europe, Heidelberg, Germany
13. Jul 89 - Jun 90, Student, United States Army War College Fellowship, Ohio
State University, Columbus, OH
14. Jun 90 - Apr 92, Chief, Operations and Exercises Branch, National Guard
Bureau Pentagon, Washington, D.C.
15. Apr 92 - Apr 94, Commander, Det 1, Troop Command, TN Army National
Guard, Nashville, TN
16. Apr 94 – Jul 02, Asst. Adjutant General, Headquarters, TN Army
National Guard, Nashville, TN
17. Aug 02 – Present, The Adjutant General, Headquarters, TN National Guard, Nashville,
TN
Legion of Merit (with 1 Oak Leaf Cluster)
Meritorious Service Medal (with 2 Oak Leaf Clusters)
Army Commendation Medal (with 1 Oak Leaf Cluster)
Air Force Commendation Medal
Army Achievement Medal
Army Reserve Component Achievement Medal (with 1 Silver Leaf Cluster)
National Defense Service Medal
Armed Forces Reserve Medal (with 1 Gold Hourglass Device)
Army Service Ribbon
Overseas Service Ribbon
Army Superior Unit Award
Army Staff Identification Badge
Oklahoma Distinguished Service Medal
Tennessee National Guard Distinguished Service Medal
Tennessee National Guard Commendation Ribbon
Tennessee National Guard Individual Achievement Ribbon
Tennessee National Guard Service Ribbon (with 1 Silver Oak Leaf Cluster and 1
Bronze Oak Leaf Cluster)
Tennessee National Guard Volunteer Ribbon
2LT ARNG 6 Aug 66
1LT ARNG 5 Aug 69
CPT ARNG 21 Nov 72
MAJ ARNG 6 Oct 78
LTC ARNG 24 Nov 82
COL ARNG 14 Mar 91
BG ARNG 16 Dec 95
MG ARNG 01 Aug 02
(Current as of 21 Sep 2005)