§ 58-1-224. Discharges
An enlisted person may be discharged from the national guard prior to the expiration of that person’s term of enlistment under such conditions as may be prescribed by applicable laws and regulations of the United States and by parts 1, 2 and 4-6 of this chapter and regulations issued pursuant thereto. An enlisted person discharged […]
§ 58-1-225. Absence Without Leave
When an enlisted person of the national guard is absent without leave or misses all scheduled drills without proper authority for five (5) drills, within any twelve-month period and there is reason to believe that the enlisted person does not intend to return, the enlisted person may be discharged, or if the enlisted person is […]
§ 58-1-226. Exemption From Civil Process and Arrest
Except for the commission of treason, a felony or a breach of the peace, the officers and enlisted personnel of the national guard shall be exempt from service of civil process and from arrest while actually engaged in the following activities: Drill; Instruction; Voluntary aid and assistance; or Other military duty.
§ 58-1-227. Relief From Civil or Criminal Liability
Members of the national guard ordered into the active service of the state, pursuant to § 58-1-106, shall receive the same immunity afforded by law to state employees for acts done in the performance of their duty while at their post of duty. When an action or proceeding of any nature shall be commenced in […]
§ 58-1-228. National Guard Force Protection Act of 2016
This section shall be known and may be cited as the “National Guard Force Protection Act of 2016”. The department of military may implement the following force protection enhancements at national guard facilities: Aiphones; Shatter resistant films; Cameras; Magnetic locks with keypads; Mobile ballistic shields; Barriers, including: Permanent bollards; Automatic bollards; Manual removable bollards; and […]
§ 58-1-229. Exemption From Duty on Election Day — Influencing Election — Penalty
No officer or enlisted personnel of the national guard, except in compliance with orders of the governor, shall be required to perform military duty on a day designated for the holding of any primary or general election in any city or civil district in the state; nor shall any officer or enlisted man of the […]
§ 58-1-230. Awards in Case of Death or Injury
Death. The division of claims and risk management is authorized after proper investigation to pay a death benefit to or for the survivor prescribed in subdivision (a)(3), upon receiving certification by the adjutant general of the death of any member of the national guard who: Dies while performing full time training, or duty under §§ […]
§ 58-1-231. Service Medals
A service medal shall be issued to each officer or enlisted member of the national guard at the completion of five (5) years of honorable service therein, continuous or otherwise, with a clasp indicating such service affixed thereto and for each additional five (5) years of like service a clasp to be affixed to such […]
§ 58-1-232. Dress Uniforms
Any organization of the national guard may, with the approval of the commander in chief, adopt and provide, at the expense of individual members thereof, a dress uniform for special occasions; such adopted uniform shall not be worn except as may be prescribed by the commander in chief.
§ 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 […]