§ 58-1-219. Officers — Retired List
When the appointment of any officer is terminated and federal recognition withdrawn pursuant to § 58-1-218(2), the officer’s name shall be placed upon the national guard retired list. Those terminated under § 58-1-218(3), (4), (5) and (7), may also be placed upon such list if the termination was not occasioned by misconduct or undesirable habits […]
§ 58-1-220. General Officers — Tenure
No general officer of the line and no air guard general officer, unless the officer be the adjutant general, deputy adjutant general, or an assistant adjutant general army and an assistant adjutant general air, shall serve more than three (3) years as a federally recognized general officer. Should a general officer of the line or […]
§ 58-1-221. Enlisted Personnel — Period of Service
The qualifications for enlistment and reenlistment, the period of enlistment, reenlistment and voluntary extension of enlistment, the period of service, the form of oath to be taken, and the manner and form of transfer and discharge of enlisted personnel of the national guard shall be those prescribed by applicable laws of the United States and […]
§ 58-1-222. Contract and Oath of Enlistment
Every person who enlists or reenlists in the national guard shall sign an enlistment contract and shall take and subscribe to such oath or affirmation of enlistment as may be prescribed by the applicable laws of the United States and by regulations issued pursuant to parts 1, 2 and 4-6 of this chapter. Such oath […]
§ 58-1-208. Funds — Accounting Requirements — Post Exchanges and Canteens — Regulations Governing
All unit funds, known as company, battalion, and regimental funds, however derived, in the hands of national guard organizations including the “station commander’s upkeep and maintenance fund,” shall be accounted for in accordance with regulations promulgated by the adjutant general. Post exchanges, canteen and similar activities shall likewise be operated and regulated in accordance with […]
§ 58-1-209. Appointment and Promotion of Commissioned Officers
All commissioned officers of the national guard shall be considered for appointment and promotion by the governor upon the recommendation of appropriate commanders and under regulations promulgated pursuant to parts 1, 2 and 4-6 of this chapter.
§ 58-1-210. Commissioned Officers — Qualifications
No person shall be appointed or promoted as a commissioned officer of the national guard unless such person shall have passed such examination as to the person’s physical, moral and professional qualifications as may be prescribed by the laws of the United States and by parts 1, 2 and 4-6 of this chapter and the […]
§ 58-1-211. Commissioned Officers — Oath
Every commissioned officer shall take and subscribe to the oath of office prescribed for officers of the national guard by the applicable laws of the United States and regulations issued pursuant thereto, and to parts 1, 2 and 4-6 of this chapter. Such oath shall be taken and subscribed before an officer of the national […]
§ 58-1-212. Precedence and Date of Rank
Precedence or relative rank among officers of the same grade in the Tennessee national guard will be determined as follows: The date of rank is the date of federal recognition in the national guard; provided, that the officer has had no prior active federal or reserve component service in the same or higher grade; When […]
§ 58-1-203. Army National Guard
The land force of the national guard shall be the army national guard and shall comprise the army units which are a part of the national guard on March 2, 1970, and such other army units as may be organized hereafter, including the personnel who are enlisted, appointed or commissioned therein; provided, that all persons […]