10 U.S.C. § 12107 — Army National Guard of United States; Air National Guard of the United States: enlistment in
submitted 32 years ago by Pub. L. 103-337 to r/title-10-ARMED-FORCES · 359 words · no verdicts yet
To enlist in the Army or Air National Guard of the United States takes three steps. A person must join the state Guard and take the oath in section 304 of title 32. They must also belong to a federally recognized unit. Enlisting in the state Guard automatically enlists the person as a Reserve too, in the same grade.
(a) Except as subsection (c) provides, to become an enlisted member* of the Army National Guard of the United States* or the Air National Guard of the United States*, a person must:
(1) be enlisted in the Army National Guard* or the Air National Guard*, as the case may be;
(2) subscribe to the oath set forth in section 304 of title 32; and
(3) be a member of a federally recognized unit or organization of the Army* National Guard* or the Air National Guard, in the grade* in which they are to be enlisted as a Reserve.
(b)
(1) Under regulations the Secretary of the Army prescribes, a person who enlists in the Army National Guard, or whose Army National Guard enlistment* term is extended, is concurrently enlisted, or has their term concurrently extended, as a Reserve of the Army for service in the Army National Guard of the United States.
(2) Under regulations the Secretary of the Air Force prescribes, a person who enlists in the Air National Guard, or whose Air National Guard enlistment term is extended, is concurrently enlisted, or has their term concurrently extended, as a Reserve of the Air Force for service in the Air National Guard of the United States.
(c)
(1) A member of the Army Reserve who enlists in the Army National Guard in their reserve grade, and is a member of a federally recognized unit of the Army National Guard, becomes a member of the Army National Guard of the United States and ceases to be a member of the Army Reserve.
(2) A member of the Air Force Reserve who enlists in the Air National Guard in their reserve grade, and is a member of a federally recognized unit of the Air National Guard, becomes a member of the Air National Guard of the United States and ceases to be a member of the Air Force Reserve.
Except as provided in subsection (c), to become an enlisted member* of the Army National Guard of the United States* or the Air National Guard of the United States*, a person must—
be enlisted in the Army National Guard* or the Air National Guard*, as the case may be;
subscribe to the oath set forth in section 304 of title 32; and
be a member of a federally recognized unit or organization of the Army* National Guard* or the Air National Guard, as the case may be, in the grade* in which he is to be enlisted as a Reserve.
Under regulations to be prescribed by the Secretary of the Army, a person who enlists in the Army National Guard, or whose term of enlistment* in the Army National Guard is extended, shall be concurrently enlisted, or his term of enlistment shall be concurrently extended, as the case may be, as a Reserve of the Army for service in the Army National Guard of the United States.
Under regulations to be prescribed by the Secretary of the Air Force, a person who enlists in the Air National Guard, or whose term of enlistment in the Air National Guard is extended, shall be concurrently enlisted, or his term of enlistment shall be concurrently extended, as the case may be, as a Reserve of the Air Force for service in the Air National Guard of the United States.
A member of the Army Reserve who enlists in the Army National Guard in his reserve grade, and is a member of a federally recognized unit or organization of the Army National Guard, becomes a member of the Army National Guard of the United States and ceases to be a member of the Army Reserve.
A member of the Air Force Reserve who enlists in the Air National Guard in his reserve grade, and is a member of a federally recognized unit or organization of the Air National Guard, becomes a member of the Air National Guard of the United States and ceases to be a member of the Air Force Reserve.
Source credit: (Added Pub. L. 103–337, div. A, title XVI, § 1662(b)(1), Oct. 5, 1994, 108 Stat. 2989.)
- 1994Enacted · Pub. L. 103-337 · 108 Stat. 2989
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