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32 U.S.C. § 304 — Enlistment oath

submitted 70 years ago by ch. 1041 to r/title-32-NATIONAL-GUARD · 191 words · no verdicts yet

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Everyone enlisting in the National Guard must sign a contract and take an oath to support and defend the U.S. and State constitutions. They also swear to obey the President, their Governor, and their commanding officers. A National Guard officer, or another person legally allowed to administer enlistment oaths, can give this oath.

This section has no lettered subsections. It requires every person joining the National Guard to sign an enlistment contract and take a specific oath. The oath first acknowledges that the person is voluntarily enlisting, for a stated number of years, under the conditions the law prescribes, unless discharged sooner by proper authority. The person then solemnly swears (or affirms) to support and defend the Constitution of the United States and of their State against all enemies, foreign and domestic, and to bear true faith and allegiance to them. They also swear to obey the orders of the President of the United States, the Governor of their State, and the officers appointed over them, according to law and regulations. The oath ends with "So help me God." The oath may be taken before any officer of the National Guard of the State or Territory, or of Puerto Rico, or the District of Columbia, as the case may be, or before any other person the law of that jurisdiction authorizes to administer oaths of enlistment in the National Guard.
the actual law source: uscode.house.gov ↗public domain

Each person enlisting in the National Guard shall sign an enlistment contract and subscribe to the following oath:

“I do hereby acknowledge to have voluntarily enlisted this __ day of ____, 19_, in the ______ National Guard of the State of ______ for a period of __ year(s) under the conditions prescribed by law, unless sooner discharged by proper authority.

“I, ________, do solemnly swear (or affirm) that I will support and defend the Constitution of the United States and of the State of ______ against all enemies, foreign and domestic; that I will bear true faith and allegiance to them; and that I will obey the orders of the President of the United States and the Governor of ______ and the orders of the officers appointed over me, according to law and regulations. So help me God.”

The oath may be taken before any officer of the National Guard of the State or Territory, or of Puerto Rico, or the District of Columbia, as the case may be, or before any other person authorized by the law of the jurisdiction concerned to administer oaths of enlistment in the National Guard.

Source credit: (Aug. 10, 1956, ch. 1041, 70A Stat. 602; Pub. L. 87–751, § 2, Oct. 5, 1962, 76 Stat. 748; Pub. L. 100–456, div. A, title XII, § 1234(b)(1), Sept. 29, 1988, 102 Stat. 2059.)

history & why it existsrecord from the source credit
  • 1956Enacted · Act of Aug. 10, 1956, ch. 1041
  • 1962Amended · Pub. L. 87-751 · 76 Stat. 748
  • 1988Amended · Pub. L. 100-456 · 102 Stat. 2059

A history note hasn’t been published yet. The record shows enactment by ch. 1041 on 1956-08-10.

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