§ 58-1-103. Custom and Usage of the Armed Forces of the United States — Regulations Continued in Effect
All matters relating to the organization, discipline and government of the Tennessee national guard, not otherwise provided for in parts 1, 2 and 4-6 of this chapter, or by regulations issued pursuant thereto, shall be decided by the customs and usage of the appropriate force or forces of the armed forces of the United States. […]
§ 58-1-104. Military Forces — Division and Composition
The military forces of the state, in conformity with the Constitution of Tennessee, shall be divided into three (3) parts, as follows: the army, the navy and the militia. The army shall be composed of an army national guard and an air national guard, which forces, together with an inactive national guard, when such is […]
§ 58-1-105. Commander-in-Chief of Military Forces — Powers — Regulations
The governor shall be the commander-in-chief of the military forces, except when they shall have been called into the service of the United States, and is authorized and empowered: To issue all such orders, rules and regulations as may be necessary to provide for the organization, government, discipline, maintenance, training, and equipment of the national […]
§ 58-1-106. Active State Duty — Compensation — Reimbursement by City or County
The governor shall have the power, in case of invasion, disaster, insurrection, riot, attack, or combination to oppose the enforcement of the law by force and violence, or imminent danger thereof, or other grave emergency, to order into the active service of the state, for such period, to such extent and in such manner as […]
§ 58-1-107. Troops on Active Duty — Commanding Officers — Powers and Duties
When troops of the national guard are assigned to any state duty contemplated hereby, they shall act under the orders of the governor as commander in chief. Commanding officers of troops so employed are responsible only to their military superiors, and shall not act under, nor be subject to, the orders of any civil officer; […]
§ 58-1-108. Active State Duty — Individuals
The governor is authorized and empowered to call individual members of the national guard to active state duty with their consent, for the performance of any official duty in connection with national guard activities.
§ 58-1-109. Active Duty Pay
Members of the national guard when assigned to state military duty by the commander in chief, or when ordered to active state service pursuant to § 58-1-106, shall be paid from the funds appropriated, or otherwise legally made available to the military department, at the same rate of pay and allowances as are at the […]
§ 58-1-110. Military Staff of the Governor
The military staff of the governor shall consist of the adjutant general, who shall be ex officio chief of staff, the national guard officers assigned to the state headquarters, and such aides-de-camp as the governor shall deem necessary, all of whom shall be federally recognized, commissioned officers detailed by the governor from the national guard. […]
§ 58-1-111. Honorary Staff of the Governor
The honorary staff of the governor shall consist of the adjutant general, who shall be ex officio chief of staff, and such honorary aides-de-camp as the governor may deem desirable or proper. Honorary staff officers shall bear the honorary rank and title of colonel.
§ 58-1-101. Short Title
Parts 1, 2 and 4-6 of this chapter may be cited as the “Tennessee Military Code of 1970.”