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Brig. Gen. Thomas H. Mancino

Adjutant General for Oklahoma

Biography

Brigadier General Thomas H. Mancino was appointed as the Adjutant General for Oklahoma by Gov. Kevin J. Stitt in November 2021. In this function, he serves as the top military advisor to the Governor and commands the Oklahoma Army and Air National Guard.

General Mancino commissioned in 1992 through the Reserve Officer Training Corps at Oklahoma State University.  In previous assignments, he has served as the 90th Troop Command Commander, Oklahoma Army National Guard and Director of Information Technology/G6, Oklahoma Army National Guard.  General Mancino has commanded at the company, battalion and brigade levels.  Prior to receiving his commission, General Mancino served for six years as an Enlisted Soldier in the Oklahoma Army National Guard.

Additional Photos

Col. Thomas Mancino, incoming commander of 90th Troop Command, Oklahoma Army National Guard, address Soldiers as he assumes command at a change of command ceremony held at the 45th Infantry Division Museum in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, July 14, 2018. (U.S. Army National Guard photo by Sgt. Brian Schroder)
Col. John Muller, outgoing commander, 90th Troop Command, Oklahoma Army National Guard, relinquishes command to Col. Thomas Mancino during a change of command ceremony at the 45th Infantry Division Museum in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, July 14, 2018. The passing of the 90th TC colors symbolizes the transfer of authority and responsibility from one commanding officer to another. (U.S. Army National Guard photo by Staff Sgt. Mireille Merilice-Roberts)
Lt. Col. Thomas H. Mancino, rides is a helicopter while deployed to Afghanistan as the commander of the 45th Brigade Special Troops Battalion, 45th Infantry Brigade Combat Team in 2011.
Lt. Col. Thomas H. Mancino poses with Soldiers in Afghanistan while deployed there in 2011 as the commander of the 45th Brigade Special Troops Battalion, 45th Infantry Brigade Combat Team.
Lt. Col. Thomas H. Mancino poses with Soldiers in Afghanistan while deployed there in 2011 as the commander of the 45th Brigade Special Troops Battalion, 45th Infantry Brigade Combat Team.
Lt. Col. Thomas H. Mancino directs Soldiers during operations in Afghanistan while deployed there in 2011 as the commander of the 45th Brigade Special Troops Battalion, 45th Infantry Brigade Combat Team.
Lt. Col. Thomas H. Mancino and Soldiers assigned to the 45th Infantry Brigade Combat Team load into a UH-60 Black Hawk Helicopter during operations in Afghanistan while deployed there in 2011. Mancino served as the commander of the 45th Brigade Special Troops Battalion, 45th Infantry Brigade Combat Team.
Leaders from the Oklahoma National Guard — including (left to right) Lt. Col. Clint Carman, Oklahoma Joint Task Force operations officer; Col. Robert Henry Walter Jr., Oklahoma Joint Task Force commander; and Brig. Gen. Tommy Mancino, commander of the Governor’s Solution Task Force — speak with an employee from Oklahoma’s Strategic National Stockpile while visiting the stockpile in Oklahoma City, April 14, 2020. The nearly 30 Guardsmen assigned to the site — partnered with state agency partners like the Oklahoma Department of Emergency Management, Oklahoma Department of Public Safety, Oklahoma Department of Transportation, Oklahoma Office of Homeland Security and the Oklahoma Department of Corrections — help fulfill, secure and transport the orders from facilities within the 11 identified COVID-19 regional health administration locations throughout Oklahoma as part of the state’s whole-of-government response to the pandemic. (U.S. Air National Guard photo by Tech. Sgt. Kasey Phipps)
Gary Cox, commissioner of the Oklahoma State Department of Health discusses information with Brig. Gen. Tommy Mancino, commander of the Oklahoma National Guard Joint Task Force, at the Joint Task Force’s headquarters in Oklahoma City, March 20, 2020. The OKNG Joint Task Force was activated to help the OKNG support a whole-of-Oklahoma-government response to the COVID-19 pandemic. (Oklahoma National Guard Photo by Sgt. Anthony Jones)
Representatives from state and federal agencies, such as the Oklahoma Army and Air National Guard, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the Oklahoma State Department of Health, Oklahoma State University laboratories, and the Federal Emergency Management Agency, speak outside the Seaboard Foods pork processing plant in Guymon, Oklahoma during a visit to the city, May 15, 2020. As of May 19, 2020, Guymon had 650 confirmed cases of COVID-19, making it second in the total number of cases in Oklahoma. Oklahoma City, which has the highest number of COVID-19 cases, has the largest population of any city in Oklahoma, Guymon is 40th. Most the cases were traced back to pork processing plant, which is classified as an essential business and produces roughly 4.2 million pounds of pork products per day while employing about 2,700 employees from the county and surrounding states. (Oklahoma Air National Guard photo by Tech. Sgt. Kasey M. Phipps)
Representatives from state and federal agencies, such as the Oklahoma Army and Air National Guard, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the Oklahoma State Department of Health, Oklahoma State University laboratories, and the Federal Emergency Management Agency, speak to the members of the Oklahoma National Guard who are helping the Texas County Department of Health conduct COVID-19 contact tracing, May 15, 2020. As of May 19, 2020, Guymon had 650 confirmed cases of COVID-19, making it second in the total number of cases in Oklahoma. Oklahoma City, which has the highest number of COVID-19 cases, has the largest population of any city in Oklahoma, Guymon is 40th. (Oklahoma Air National Guard photo by Tech. Sgt. Kasey M. Phipps)
Lt. Col. Thomas H. Mancino poses with Capt. Khalid Hussien, Oklahoma National Guard, while deployed to Afghanistan in 2011. Mancino served as the commander of the 45th Brigade Special Troops Battalion, 45th Infantry Brigade Combat Team.
Lt. Col. Thomas Mancino, commander 45th Brigade Special Troops Battalion, 45th Infantry Brigade Combat Team, rides in a UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter while deployed to Afghanistan in 2011.
Lt. Col. Thomas Mancino, commander 45th Brigade Special Troops Battalion, 45th Infantry Brigade Combat Team, rides in a CH-47 Chinook helicopter while deployed to Afghanistan in 2011.
Lt. Col. Thomas Mancino, commander 45th Brigade Special Troops Battalion, 45th Infantry Brigade Combat Team, rides in a UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter while deployed to Afghanistan in 2011.