The General Commandings-Retired is a group of past international leaders that are still in our ranks to provide support through advice, leadership, and expertise. Each one brings a different aspect of the history of the Patriarchs Militant and are highly considered as mentors to others.

	General and Year	Commander-in-Chief
	General Gayle N. Snowden 1992-1993	General Lloyd D. Shelvey *
	General Clement H. Olson 1993-1994	General Charles E. Worrell, Sr. *
	General Donald C. Brooking 2001-2002	General Harry V. Lohman *
	General Ralph A. Carman 2004-2005	General C. LaVaughn Lawson *
	General Bob Leib, Sr. 2005-2006	General Michael W. Dutton
	General Jack L. Reasoner 2006-2007	General Robert J. Robbins *
	General Donald E. McLaren 2007-2008	General Richard S. Kim
	General Robert D. Vickrey 2008-2009	General Richard G. Proulx
	General Joseph M. Strausser 2009-2010	General Paul J. Cuminale
	General John H. Reynolds 2010-2011	General George L. Glover, III
	General John C. Beebe, III 2011-2012	General Delmar L. Burns
	General Jerald T. Sarnes 2012-2013	General Charles L. Renninger
	General K. D. Toney 2013-2014	General Robert W. Smith *
	General Donald R. Thomas 2014-2015	General Jimmy C. Humphrey
	General Emil R. Suder 2015-2016	General Danny M. Wood
	General Dan E. Mathews 2016-2017	General W. Larry Ferguson
	General Richard L. “Ken” Lasswell 2017-2018	General John A. Miller, Sr.
	General John C. “Jack” Roberts 2019-2020, 2020-2021	General E. Wesley Nelson
	General Michael L. Bowers 2021-2022	General Charles Lusk