PHOENIX — The head of the Arizona National Guard is quitting. But Adjutant General Kerry Muehlenbeck said it’s not because she’s unhappy with the job or being the head of the Department of Emergency and Military Affairs under Gov. Katie Hobbs.
She actually was one of the few agency chiefs named by former Gov. Doug Ducey that Hobbs kept on after taking office in 2023. In fact, she will be the first to leave of her own volition, with others forced out over internal issues or their inability to get confirmed by the Senate.
Instead, Muehlenbeck told Capitol Media Services, the time has come — literally — for her to go back to her old job of teaching criminal justice studies at Mesa Community College…