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§ 1520. Responsibility of Adjutant General

The Adjutant General shall command all units and members of the National Guard of the Virgin Islands as may be ordered into Territorial Active Military service under section 1519. Subject to the direction of the Governor, the Adjutant General may take whatever action he considers to be necessary to carry out the assigned mission.

§ 1523. Exemption from juror service

Every officer or member of the National Guard of the Virgin Islands shall, while in the Territorial Active Military Service, be exempt from jury duty.

§ 1514. Separation of officers from service

The Adjutant General may appoint a board of officers to investigate the conduct, capacity and general fitness of an officer of the National Guard of the Virgin Islands. The board, shall, whenever possible, be comprised of officers superior in rank to the officer being investigated. If the findings of the board are unfavorable to the […]

§ 1515. Enlistment in the National Guard of the Virgin Islands

The term and qualifications for enlistment, the form of the contract, and the oath to be taken by persons enlisting in the National Guard of the Virgin Islands shall be as prescribed by regulations of the Governor. Such regulations, in the case of the National Guard may not be inconsistent with Federal law or regulations. […]

§ 1517. Pay and allowances and leave

(a) Each officer and member of the Virgin Islands National Guard ordered into the Territorial Active Military Service pursuant to this chapter, shall receive for each day of at least eight hours of such duty, pay at the following rates, which is a composite combining average basic pay and all local allowances, but not special […]

§ 1509. Conformity of Standard of Armed Forces of the United States of America

(a) The National Guard of the Virgin Islands shall be organized, armed and equipped with the same type of uniform, arms and equipment prescribed for the Armed Forces of the United States of America. (b) The training and discipline of the National Guard of the Virgin Islands shall be in accordance with the system prescribed […]