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Each person enlisting in the National Guard shall sign an enlistment contract and subscribe to the following oath:
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**(a) Enlistment Oath.—** Each person enlisting in an armed force shall take the following oath:“I, __________, do solemnly swear (or affirm) that I will support and defend the Constitution of the United States against all enemies, foreign and domestic; that I will bear true faith and allegiance to the same; and that I will obey the orders of the President of the United States and the orders of the officers appointed over me, according to regulations and the Uniform Code of Military Justice. So help me God.” **(b) Who May Administer.—** The oath may be taken before the President, the Vice-President, the Secretary of Defense, any commissioned officer, or any other person designated under regulations prescribed by the Secretary of Defense.
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In determining the meaning of any Act of Congress, unless the context indicates otherwise—
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**(a)** Except as provided in subsection (c), to become an enlisted member of the Army National Guard of the United States or the Air National Guard of the United States, a person must— (1) be enlisted in the Army National Guard or the Air National Guard, as the case may be; (2) subscribe to the oath set forth in [section 304 of title 32](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title32-section304&num=0&edition=prelim); and (3) be a member of a federally recognized unit or organization of the Army National Guard or the Air National Guard, as the case may be, in the grade in which he is to be enlisted as a Reserve. **(b)** (1) Under regulations to be prescribed by the Secretary of the Army, a person who enlists in the Army National Guard, or whose term of enlistment in the Army National Guard is extended, shall be concurrently enlisted, or his term of enlistment shall be concurrently extended, as the case may be, as a Reserve of the Army for service in the Army National Guard of the United States. (2) Under regulations to be prescribed by the Secretary of the Air Force, a person who enlists in the Air National Guard, or whose term of enlistment in the Air National Guard is extended, shall be concurrently enlisted, or his term of enlistment shall be concurrently extended, as the case may be, as a Reserve of the Air Force for service in the Air National Guard of the United States. **(c)** (1) A member of the Army Reserve who enlists in the Army National Guard in his reserve grade, and is a member of a federally recognized unit or organization of the Army National Guard, becomes a member of the Army National Guard of the United States and ceases to be a member of the Army Reserve. (2) A member of the Air Force Reserve who enlists in the Air Nati
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**(a)** Under regulations to be prescribed by the Secretary of the Army, a person qualified for enlistment in the active Army National Guard may be enlisted in the inactive Army National Guard for a single term of one or three years. Under regulations prescribed by the Secretary of the Air Force, a person qualified for enlistment in the active Air National Guard may be enlisted in the inactive Air National Guard for a single term of one or three years. **(b)** Under such regulations as the Secretary of the Army may prescribe, an enlisted member of the active Army National Guard, not formerly enlisted in the inactive Army National Guard, may be transferred to the inactive Army National Guard. Under such regulations as the Secretary of the Air Force may prescribe, an enlisted member of the active Air National Guard, not formerly enlisted in the inactive Air National Guard, may be transferred to the inactive Air National Guard. Under such regulations as the Secretary concerned may prescribe, a person enlisted in or transferred to the inactive Army National Guard or the inactive Air National Guard may be transferred to the active Army National Guard or the active Air National Guard, as the case may be. **(c)** In time of peace, no enlisted member may be required to serve for a period longer than that for which he enlisted in the active or inactive National Guard. **(d)** (1) Under regulations prescribed by the Secretary of the Army— (A) an officer of the Army National Guard who fills a vacancy in a federally recognized unit of the Army National Guard may be transferred from the active Army National Guard to the inactive Army National Guard; and (B) an officer of the Army National Guard transferred to the inactive Army National Guard pursuant to subparagraph (A) ma
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Page 19 TITLE 32—NATIONAL GUARD § 305 § 304. Enlistment oath Each person enlisting in the National Guard shall sign an enlistment contract and subscribe to the following oath: ‘‘I do hereby acknowledge to have volun- tarily enlisted this ll day of llll, 19l, in the llllll National Guard of the State of llllll for a period of ll year(s) under the conditions prescribed by law, unless soon- er discharged by proper authority. ‘‘I, llllllll, do solemnly swear (or af- firm) that I will support and defend the Con- stitution of the United States and of the State of llllll against all enemies, foreign and domestic; that I will bear true faith and alle- giance to them; and that I will obey the orders of the President of the United States and the Governor of llllll and the orders of the officers appointed over me, according to law and regulations. So help me God.’’ The oath may be taken before any officer of the National Guard of the State or Territory, or of Puerto Rico, or the District of Columbia, as the case may be, or before any other person author- ized by the law of the jurisdiction concerned to administer oaths of enlistment in the National Guard. (Aug. 10, 1956, ch. 1041, 70A Stat. 602; Pub. L. 87–751, § 2, Oct. 5, 1962, 76 Stat. 748; Pub. L. 100–456, div. A, title XII, § 1234(b)(1), Sept. 29, 1988, 102 Stat. 2059.) HISTORICAL AND REVISION NOTES Revised section Source (U.S. Code) Source (Statutes at Large) 304 .......... 32:123. June 3, 1916, ch. 134, § 70; restated June 4, 1920, ch. 227, subch. I, § 38; restated June 15, 1933, ch. 87, § 8, 48 Stat. 156; June 19, 1935, ch. 277, § 3, 49 Stat. 391; July 9, 1952, ch. 608, § 806(b), 66 Stat. 506. The words ‘‘or affirmation’’ are omitted as covered by the definition of the word ‘‘oath’’ i
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