Major General Tod M. Bunting became The Adjutant General of Kansas on Jan. 5, 2004.

As Adjutant General, Major General Bunting oversees the activities of The Adjutant General's Department. This includes providing personnel administration and training guidance for over 7,700 soldiers and airmen in the Kansas Army and Air National Guard. As the Director of Kansas Emergency Management, a division of the Department, he is guiding a small professional core of personnel that prepare for and respond to disasters. In addition to the part-time soldiers and airmen, the Department he leads includes about 2,300 full-time State and Federal employees. Additionally, 105 county emergency managers and their staffs receive guidance and training through the Department. Major General (KS) Bunting is also the Director of Homeland Security for Kansas, where he works to ensure security in the state is a top priority. For budgetary and administrative purposes, he is responsible for the Civil Air Patrol.

Prior to his appointment as Adjutant General, Major General Bunting was the Air National Guard Director of Diversity, Personnel, and Training. He provided guidance on all Air National Guard personnel matters and was responsible for Air Force Personnel Mobilization Programs. Major General Bunting was also the point of contact for the National Guard Bureau, State Adjutants General and more than 108,000 Air National Guard members.

A native of Wichita, Major General Bunting was commissioned as a distinguished graduate of the Air National Guard Academy of Military Science in 1979 and has served in a variety of positions at all levels of the Air National Guard.

His experience includes serving in fighter, bomber, and air refueling units and at the National Guard State Headquarters level. Major General Bunting has served in personnel, services, information management, as wing executive officer, as a deputy commander, and support group commander. During his career, he served in Kansas Air National Guard units including the 190th Air Refueling Group, 184th Tactical Fighter Group, and 184th Bomb Wing, and in the State Headquarters of the Kansas Air National Guard. Additional assignments include duty in Colorado and Texas.

He graduated with a Bachelor of Arts in Political Science from Washburn University, Topeka. His military education includes Squadron Officer School, Air Command and Staff College, and the Air War College.

He became a second lieutenant in September of 1979 and a colonel in June 1997. He was confirmed by the Kansas Senate as The Adjutant General of Kansas with a rank of major general on Feb. 11, 2004. He received federal confirmation as major general on Nov. 18, 2005.

Among his awards and decorations are the Meritorious Service Medal with three oak leaf clusters, Air Force Commendation Medal with one oak leaf cluster, Army Commendation Medal, and the Air National Guard Lance P. Sijan Leadership Award. He is listed in Who's Who of America's Young Men.

He is an avid outdoorsman and classic car enthusiast. He and his wife, Barbara, a high school science teacher and Emporia State University graduate, live on a ranch near Topeka where they enjoy their hobby of driving horses.

Nov. 22, 2005

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