Col. Charles B. Martin Jr. ’92 was named the Virginia National Guard’s assistant adjutant general-Army. Previously chief of the joint staff, Martin in his new role leads the Virginia Army National Guard and will provide mission readiness guidance in the areas of training, personnel management, command logistics, facilities and maintenance to support more than 7,000 Army National Guard citizen-soldiers.
He joined the Virginia Army National Guard in 1994, where he served first as an infantryman and then was commissioned as an engineer officer in 1996 after graduating from Virginia Officer Candidate School. Throughout his 29 years of military service, Martin has risen through a series of increasingly key command and staff positions.
In his civilian life, he has worked for Altria in Richmond, Virginia, for nearly 23 years, including leadership and management positions in manufacturing, government affairs and corporate citizenship. His Longwood degree is in political science and history.
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