Michael Kjar
Adjutant General, Utah National Guard
Government service
Adjutant General, Utah National Guard
Leading the Utah National Guard
Governor Spencer Cox appointed Michael Kjar adjutant general of the Utah National Guard on August 3, 2026. In that post he is responsible for the readiness, training and operations of the state's Army and Air National Guard, a force of more than 8,000 soldiers, airmen and civilian employees. The governor's cabinet page uses different rank labels in its heading and text, so this profile gives his name and office without a rank. [1]
Command and military service
Kjar enlisted in the Wyoming Army National Guard in 1995 before transferring to Utah. He was commissioned as a field artillery officer in 2003 and deployed to Ramadi, Iraq, in 2005. His later assignments included commanding the 640th Regiment and the recruiting and retention battalion, and serving as Utah Army National Guard chief of staff. [1]
Education
His cabinet biography lists a communications degree from Southern Utah University, a Master of Public Administration from Brigham Young University and a Master of Strategic Studies from the U.S. Army War College. [1]
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