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RENWICK L. PAYNE
BRIGADIER GENERAL, DCARNG
Adjutant General
Brigadier General Renwick L Payne is the Adjutant General, Joint Force Headquarters, District of Columbia National Guard. General Payne enlisted in 1974 and received his commission as a Second Lieutenant of Field Artillery on 17 August 1979. He holds a Bachelor of Arts Degree from Governors State University, Illinois. He is affiliated with the National Guard Association of the United States the Militia Association of New York, Association of the United States Army and the 369th Historical society. General Payne was assigned to the National Guard Bureau in October 1993 as a New York National Guardsman. He served as military assistant to the Deputy Assistant to the Secretary of the Army, Executive Officer to the Director, Army National Guard, G3/Operations Officer Army National Guard, Chief of Staff, Army National Guard and the to the Global War on Terrorism Operational Assistant to the Director of the Army National Guard. Most recently General Payne served as Assistant Adjutant General - Army, New York National Guard.
EDUCATION:

• 1998 Governor's State University, Bachelor of Arts, University Park, Illinois
• 2002 United States Army War College, Fellowship, Center for Strategic and International Studies, Washington, District of Columbia
• 2010 Joint Task Force Commanders Training Course, Colorado Springs, Colorado