During a special ceremony Friday morning at the Ohio Statehouse, Brigadier General Matthew Scott Woodruff was officially sworn in as Ohio’s new Adjutant General.
A native of West Liberty, Woodruff assumed command following the retirement of Major General John Charles Harris Jr.
He previously served as the Assistant Adjutant General for Army and Commanding General of the Ohio National Guard.
Brigadier General Woodruff began his military career in May of nineteen ninety when he enlisted as a medical specialist in the United States Army Reserve.
He received his commission as an infantry officer in nineteen ninety-six through Bowling Green State University.
His active duty service included deployments to Camp Arifjan, Kuwait, with United States Army Central (formerly Third Army) and to Afghanistan with the Thirty-Seventh Infantry Brigade Combat Team, Ohio Army National Guard.
He holds a Bachelor of Science in Elementary Education from Bowling Green State University, a Master of Science in Logistics Management from the Air Force Institute of Technology, and a Master of Strategic Studies from the United States Army War College.
Also on Friday, Governor Mike DeWine swore in Major General John Harris to begin serving as the Director of the Ohio Department of Veterans Services, replacing Major General Deborah Ashenhurst, a retired officer of the United States Army, who retired from the agency last month.
