Oklahoma State Guard
[citation needed] The State Guard is under the command of the governor of Oklahoma, as the Commander-in-Chief, and the Adjutant General of Oklahoma as the commanding officer.[1] The Oklahoma State Guard was briefly activated in the early 1990s by Governor David Walters.Walters appointed Jode Wilson, a retired Army colonel in his late 60s, to head the State Guard in 1991.Wilson resigned after a grand jury investigation into Walters during his first term and the guard was disbanded.[3][4] The bill failed in the Republican led Oklahoma Senate Veterans Committee in February.