Longest serving SM in uniform? https://www.rallypoint.com/answers/longest-serving-sm-in-uniform <div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>It is rumored at the time of his retirement, retired Major General Rees, Adjutant General of the Oregon Guard had served almost 48 years of active duty. From 1966 to early 2014. I was shocked and amazed to serve under such a man. Does anyone know who the next longest serving SM is behind General Rees? He had a long and very distinguished career. If you have a minute, sit and read his Bio. Sat, 06 Dec 2014 02:38:43 -0500 Longest serving SM in uniform? https://www.rallypoint.com/answers/longest-serving-sm-in-uniform <div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>It is rumored at the time of his retirement, retired Major General Rees, Adjutant General of the Oregon Guard had served almost 48 years of active duty. From 1966 to early 2014. I was shocked and amazed to serve under such a man. Does anyone know who the next longest serving SM is behind General Rees? He had a long and very distinguished career. If you have a minute, sit and read his Bio. SSG(P) Private RallyPoint Member Sat, 06 Dec 2014 02:38:43 -0500 2014-12-06T02:38:43-05:00 Response by SSG(P) Private RallyPoint Member made Dec 6 at 2014 2:51 AM https://www.rallypoint.com/answers/longest-serving-sm-in-uniform?n=357488&urlhash=357488 <div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>MAJOR GENERAL RAYMOND F. REES <br />The Adjutant General, Oregon National Guard <br />Major General Raymond F. Rees assumed duties as The Adjutant <br />General for Oregon on July 1, 2005. He is responsible for <br />providing the State of Oregon and the United States with a ready <br />force of citizen soldiers and airmen, equipped and trained to <br />respond to any contingency, natural or manmade. He directs, <br />manages, and supervises the administration, discipline, <br />organization, training and mobilization of the Oregon National <br />Guard, the Oregon State Defense Force, the Joint Force <br />Headquarters and the Office of Oregon Emergency Management. <br />He is also assigned as the Governor’s Homeland Security Advisor. <br />He develops and coordinates all policies, plans and programs of <br />the Oregon National Guard in concert with the Governor and <br />legislature of the State. <br />1<br />He began his military career in the United States Army as a West <br />Point cadet in July 1962. Prior to his current assignment, Major <br />General Rees had numerous active duty and Army National <br />Guard assignments to include: service in the Republic of Vietnam <br />as a cavalry troop commander; commander of the 116th Armored <br />Calvary Regiment; nearly nine years as the Adjutant General of <br />Oregon; Director of the Army National Guard, National Guard <br />Bureau; over five years service as Vice Chief, National Guard Bureau; 14 months as Acting Chief, National <br />Guard Bureau; Chief of Staff (dual-hatted), Headquarters North American Aerospace Defense Command <br />(NORAD) and United States Northern Command (USNORTHCOM). NORAD is a binational, Canada and <br />United States command. SSG(P) Private RallyPoint Member Sat, 06 Dec 2014 02:51:57 -0500 2014-12-06T02:51:57-05:00 Response by SSG(P) Private RallyPoint Member made Dec 6 at 2014 2:57 AM https://www.rallypoint.com/answers/longest-serving-sm-in-uniform?n=357490&urlhash=357490 <div class="images-v2-count-1"><div class="content-picture image-v2-number-1" id="image-15521"> <div class="social_icons social-buttons-on-image"> <a href='https://www.facebook.com/sharer/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.rallypoint.com%2Fanswers%2Flongest-serving-sm-in-uniform%3Futm_source%3DFacebook%26utm_medium%3Dorganic%26utm_campaign%3DShare%20to%20facebook' target="_blank" class='social-share-button facebook-share-button'><i class="fa fa-facebook-f"></i></a> <a href="https://twitter.com/intent/tweet?text=Longest+serving+SM+in+uniform%3F&amp;url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.rallypoint.com%2Fanswers%2Flongest-serving-sm-in-uniform&amp;via=RallyPoint" target="_blank" class="social-share-button twitter-custom-share-button"><i class="fa fa-twitter"></i></a> <a href="mailto:?subject=Check this out on RallyPoint!&body=Hi, I thought you would find this interesting:%0D%0ALongest serving SM in uniform?%0D%0A %0D%0AHere is the link: https://www.rallypoint.com/answers/longest-serving-sm-in-uniform" target="_blank" class="social-share-button email-share-button"><i class="fa fa-envelope"></i></a> </div> <a class="fancybox" rel="ce40ff3b2586d62eba19417ca49801f4" href="https://d1ndsj6b8hkqu9.cloudfront.net/pictures/images/000/015/521/for_gallery_v2/image.jpg"><img src="https://d1ndsj6b8hkqu9.cloudfront.net/pictures/images/000/015/521/large_v3/image.jpg" alt="Image" /></a></div></div> SSG(P) Private RallyPoint Member Sat, 06 Dec 2014 02:57:38 -0500 2014-12-06T02:57:38-05:00 Response by PO1 Private RallyPoint Member made Dec 6 at 2014 5:57 AM https://www.rallypoint.com/answers/longest-serving-sm-in-uniform?n=357541&urlhash=357541 <div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>Admiral Hyman G. Rickover served 63 years. Just saying...... PO1 Private RallyPoint Member Sat, 06 Dec 2014 05:57:50 -0500 2014-12-06T05:57:50-05:00 Response by 1SG Private RallyPoint Member made Dec 6 at 2014 10:37 AM https://www.rallypoint.com/answers/longest-serving-sm-in-uniform?n=357692&urlhash=357692 <div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>Back in 1999, I went to a retirement ceremony for a CW5 who was a Korean War Veteran. We were all stunned that anyone could be in that long. Assuming he got in at the end of the war, he would rival MG Rees.<br />I can&#39;t remember his name for the life of me.<br />I do remember how scarce Vietnam Veterans were becoming by then (I think my unit had two). Heck, even Gulf War Veterans were fairly uncommon after all the RIFs a few years earlier.<br /><br />In any event, such a lengthy and distinguished period of service is amazing and worth honoring. 1SG Private RallyPoint Member Sat, 06 Dec 2014 10:37:09 -0500 2014-12-06T10:37:09-05:00 Response by PO2 Corey Ferretti made Dec 6 at 2014 2:37 PM https://www.rallypoint.com/answers/longest-serving-sm-in-uniform?n=357891&urlhash=357891 <div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>That is one heck of a bio and that is a long time to serve. What does one do after 48 Years of military service? PO2 Corey Ferretti Sat, 06 Dec 2014 14:37:34 -0500 2014-12-06T14:37:34-05:00 Response by CWO3 Private RallyPoint Member made Apr 8 at 2015 11:25 AM https://www.rallypoint.com/answers/longest-serving-sm-in-uniform?n=579107&urlhash=579107 <div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>Navy Officer ADM Rickover 63 Years<br />Navy Enlisted. BMC George Sanderson 44 Years CWO3 Private RallyPoint Member Wed, 08 Apr 2015 11:25:57 -0400 2015-04-08T11:25:57-04:00 Response by PO2 Ann Kipp made Jun 5 at 2022 6:16 PM https://www.rallypoint.com/answers/longest-serving-sm-in-uniform?n=7712827&urlhash=7712827 <div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>When she retired as a rear admiral at age 79, Grace Hopper was the oldest serving officer in the U.S. Armed Forces. PO2 Ann Kipp Sun, 05 Jun 2022 18:16:02 -0400 2022-06-05T18:16:02-04:00 2014-12-06T02:38:43-05:00