SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — The New Mexico National Guard’s top uniformed general is stepping down.
Maj. Gen. Kenneth Nava announced Friday his last day as the state adjutant general before retiring will be Dec. 31. Nava will have served 33 years in uniform, beginning as an enlisted man in 1988 as a mechanic in an air defense artillery unit.
Nava was commissioned a second lieutenant in 1992 and served in Iraq from 2008-2010 while commanding the 515th Combat Sustainment Support Battalion. Then-Gov. Susana Martinez appointed Nava as adjutant general in 2017. Current Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham, attended Nava’s retirement ceremony in Santa Fe on Friday.