Lieutenant General Herbert R. Temple Jr. is a career military officer who served as Chief of the National Guard Bureau.
Temple as Chief of the National Guard Bureau in 1990
Temple as Director of the Army National Guard in 1983.
Chief of the National Guard Bureau
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. The position is a statutory office, 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. In a separate capacity as a member of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, 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.
Chief of the National Guard Bureau
General Daniel R. Hokanson, incoming chief of the National Guard Bureau, receives the NGB command guidon from Secretary of Defense Mark Esper on August 3, 2020.
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