Lieutenant General Stanley E. Clarke III, Air Force, Retired

Lt. Gen. Stanley E. Clarke III has served as the Chair of the Board for Armed Forces Insurance since 2017.  Prior to his retirement from the Air Force, he was the director, Air National Guard, the Pentagon, Washington, D.C. He was responsible for formulating, developing and coordinating all policies, plans and programs affecting more than 105,700 Guard members and civilians in more than 89 flying wings and 175 geographically separated units across 213 locations throughout the 50 States, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, Guam and the Virgin Islands.

General Clarke was commissioned in 1981 as the distinguished graduate of the ROTC program at the University of Georgia and graduated from undergraduate pilot training at Sheppard AFB, Texas, in 1983.  He was a command pilot with more than 4,000 hours in the A-10, C-26 and the F-16.  Before assuming the Director position with the Air National Guard, General Clarke served as the Commander, Continental U.S. North American Aerospace Defense Command Region – 1st Air Force (Air Forces Northern), Tyndall Air Force Base, Fla. His command comprised of four direct reporting units, 10 aligned Air National Guard units, and a large number of active air defense alert sites – including aircraft, air defense artillery, and up to 15,000 active duty, National Guard, Air Force Reserve and civilian personnel.

He has served in various operational and staff assignments including Senior Defense Official/Defense Attaché in Turkey.  He has commanded a squadron, fighter wing and air expeditionary wing.  He previously served as the Deputy Director of the Air National Guard and as the Assistant Adjutant General for Air, Alabama Air National Guard and the Deputy A8 on the USAF Air Staff.