§ 12-61-115. Proclamation of emergency
(a) Whenever any portion of the militia is employed in aid of the civil authority, the Governor, if in his or her judgment the maintenance of law and order or preservation of the public health or security will thereby be promoted, may by proclamation declare the county, city, zone, or sector in which the troops […]
§ 12-61-116. Excuse from duty
(a) The officer ordering any military duty shall have the power to excuse any officer or enlisted person for absence therefrom upon good and sufficient grounds. (b) The Governor, or commanding general of the National Guard with the approval of the Governor, may relieve any organization of the militia on active duty from the further […]
§ 12-61-117. Draft of the unorganized militia — Failure to appear — Penalty
(a) Whenever it shall be necessary in case of invasion, disaster, insurrection, riot, breach of the peace, or imminent danger thereof, or to maintain the organized militia or any force thereof at the number required for public safety or prescribed by the laws of the United States, the Governor may call for and accept from […]
§ 12-61-118. Resumption of National Guard service
Upon the termination of any emergency for which the National Guard of Arkansas has been ordered into the military service of the United States, all enlisted personnel, upon being released under honorable conditions from the Army or Air Force of the United States, shall continue to serve in the National Guard of Arkansas until the […]
§ 12-61-119. Credit for active federal service
For all purposes under this code, members of the National Guard who entered the active military service of the United States in time of war or under a call, order, or draft by the President or who hereafter enter such service under like conditions or who enter and serve on active duty in the military […]
§ 12-61-120. Credit for war service
For all purposes under this code, officers and enlisted personnel of the National Guard who entered the active service of the United States in time of war or under a call or draft by the President or who enters such service under like conditions shall be entitled to credit for time so served as if […]
§ 12-61-121. Awards, medals, etc
(a) (1) The Governor is authorized to award in the name of the State of Arkansas any medal, ribbon, or decoration for any exceptional or meritorious service rendered by any member of the organized militia. (2) These include, but are not limited to, the “Arkansas Commendation Medal”, the “Arkansas Distinguished Service Medal”, and the “Arkansas […]
§ 12-61-122. National Guard associations
(a) The officers or noncommissioned officers or members of any unit or units of the organized militia may organize themselves into an association or associations. (b) The association or associations may adopt bylaws not inconsistent with the statutes of the state and alter and amend the bylaws and may take and hold such real and […]
§ 12-61-123. Bureau of War Records
(a) The Adjutant General may, at his or her discretion and with such funds as may be appropriated by the General Assembly, establish a Bureau of War Records. (b) The bureau shall function in close connection with the Arkansas State Archives and shall gather items of military history of the Arkansas Militia for exhibition. (c) […]
§ 12-61-124. National Guard Youth Challenge Program
(a) The Adjutant General may, at his or her discretion and with such funds as may be appropriated by the General Assembly, or with such funds as may be provided by the United States, develop and implement a National Guard Youth Challenge Program for the purpose of providing training, education, health, welfare, rehabilitative, and other […]