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Home » US Law » 2019 US Virgin Islands Code » Title 23 - Internal Security and Public Order » Chapter 19 - National Guard » Subchapter III - Specific Provisions Regarding Members and Officers

§ 1552. National Guard acting as peace officers

Members and officers of the National Guard of the Virgin Islands while on active military duty shall, when so directed by the Adjutant General with the approval of the Governor, be peace officers within the meaning of 5 Virgin Islands Code § 3561 and shall exercise and possess all of the powers of peace officers […]

§ 1555. Insurance coverage for National Guard members and officers

Members and officers of the National Guard of the Virgin Islands shall be considered government officers and employees for the purposes of Title 3, chapter 25, subchapter VIII of the Virgin Islands Code, and shall be entitled to all rights and benefits provided thereunder.

§ 1556. Retirement pension

(a) Every member and officer of the National Guard of the Virgin Islands who meets the requirements hereinafter set forth shall receive, commencing at age fifty-five, a pension of one hundred dollars per month for twenty years’ military service. The requirements for the pension are that each member or officer shall: (1) Have served and […]

§ 1556a. Virgin Islands National Veterans Guard

Every member of the National Guard of the Virgin Islands who retires from the Guard with twenty years of military service shall be entitled to all benefits granted under Virgin Islands law to veterans of the armed services.

§ 1557. Re-enlistment bonus

(a) Subject to rules and regulations promulgated pursuant to section 1515 of this title, any member or officer of the National Guard of the Virgin Islands who has completed an initial period of enlistment in the National Guard of the Virgin Islands and who Guard of the Virgin Islands and who re-enlists or voluntarily extends […]

§ 1558. Appropriations

There are hereby authorized to be appropriated annually, out of any available funds in the Treasury of the Virgin Islands, for deposit in the Virgin Islands National Guard Fund, such sums as may be necessary to meet the requirements of sections 1556 and 1557 of this title.