US Lawyer Database

For Lawyer-Seekers

YOU DESERVE THE BEST LAWYER

Home » US Law » 2022 West Virginia Code » Chapter 15. Public Safety » Article 1B. National Guard

§15-1B-4. Oath, Appointment and Promotion of Officers

a. Oath, appointment and promotion of officers shall be made in conformity with applicable rules and regulations of the federal government. b. Every officer duly commissioned shall, within ten days, after his commission is tendered to him or within ten days after he shall be personally notified that the same is held in readiness for […]

§15-1B-5. Surplus Officers; Resignations

a. Commissioned officers who shall be rendered surplus by reduction, consolidation, or disbandment of organizations, or in any manner provided by law, may be transferred to the inactive National Guard in conformity with applicable rules and regulations prescribed by federal authority, or may be discharged. b. An officer may tender his resignation or request transfer […]

§15-1B-6. Dismissal of Officers

a. No officer of the National Guard shall be dismissed unless by reason of resignation, approval of findings of an efficiency or medical examining board, withdrawal of federal recognition, the sentence of a court-martial, or for cause as provided in subsection d of this section. b. The efficiency, moral character, incompetency, inability to properly perform […]

§15-1B-7. Appointment, Promotion and Reduction of Noncommissioned Officers

Noncommissioned officers shall be appointed and promoted and may be reduced in accordance with applicable federal laws and regulations: Provided, however, That in active service of the state, in cases requiring immediate example, a noncommissioned officer may be reduced to the ranks by his immediate commander, subject to appeal to, and review and approval by, […]

§15-1B-8. Enlisted Personnel — Generally

(a) The qualification for enlistment and reenlistment, the period of enlistment, reenlistment and voluntary extension of enlistment, the period of service and the manner and form of transfer and discharge of enlisted personnel of the National Guard shall be as prescribed by applicable federal law and regulations: Provided, That the Governor may extend the period […]

§15-1B-9. Enlisted Personnel — Discharge

a. Enlisted men may be honorably discharged, discharged, or discharged dishonorably; but in no case may an enlisted man be dishonorably discharged unless by sentence of a general court- martial, except as hereinafter provided. No enlisted man shall be honorably discharged from service unless he produces the certificate of his immediate commanding officer that he […]