Senate Veterans and Military Affairs Committee advises and consents to Major General Bobby Ginn

The Senate Veterans and Military Affairs Committee on Feb. 12 advised and consented to the nomination of Major General Bobby Ginn to serve as adjutant general of the Mississippi National Guard.

Ginn, who testified he has served in the organization for 35 years and spent 25 of those years at Camp Shelby, told the committee he aims to “make a difference for our young servicemen and young servicewomen” by ensuring proper training, equipment and support for both state domestic operations and federal missions. “I’m certainly gonna give it all I got,” he said.

The confirmation was routine and brief. After the nominee described his background — including service as a G-4 and as director of the joint staff — a committee member noted a peer report that initially appeared not to include a statement of economic interest. A committee member then said the statement had been filed more than a month earlier. Senator Thompson raised the question about the disclosure during the review.

A member of the audience who identified himself as employed by the Mobile Department of Public Safety spoke in support of Ginn, saying he and others who served with Ginn as enlisted service members in the early 1990s consider him “the one for the job.”

Following a motion of “advise and consent,” committee members voted by voice; the chair declared, “The ayes have it,” and congratulated Ginn on advancing closer to confirmation.

The committee did not record a roll-call tally in the transcript. The committee’s action was limited to advising and consenting to the nomination; no further directives, amendments or implementation steps were recorded in the transcript.