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Columbia, S.C. – The South Carolina Senate confirmed U.S. Army Maj. Gen. R. Van McCarty to continue serving as the adjutant general for South Carolina Feb. 4, 2021. The confirmation allows McCarty to continue serving as the head of the South Carolina Military Department for four more years.
McCarty has served as the 29th adjutant general for South Carolina since February 2019. In this role he leads the South Carolina Military Department, which includes the South Carolina Air and Army National Guard, South Carolina Emergency Management Division, South Carolina State Guard, South Carolina Military Museum, STARBASE Swamp Fox, South Carolina Joint Services Detachment and South Carolina Youth and Job ChalleNGe. Prior to this position, he served as the deputy adjutant general beginning in 2013.