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32 U.S.C. § 305 — Federal recognition of commissioned officers: persons eligible
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**(a)** The following categories are eligible for Federal recognition as commissioned officers of the National Guard:
(1) Members of the National Guard.
(2) Members of the armed forces.
(3) Former officers of the armed forces.
(4) Former enlisted members of the armed forces who were discharged honorably or under honorable conditions.
(5) Graduates of the United States Military Academy, the United States Naval Academy, the United States Air Force Academy, the United States Coast Guard Academy, or the United States Merchant Marine Academy.
(6) Graduates of a school, college, university, or officer’s training camp who received military instruction under the supervision of a commissioned officer of the Regular Army or the Regular Air Force, and whose fitness for appointment has been certified by that officer.
(7) Civilians who are specially qualified for duty in a technical or staff branch or organization.
**(b)** To be eligible for Federal recognition under this section with a view to serving as a nurse, a person must be a graduate of a hospital or university training school and a registered nurse.
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**(a)** The following categories are eligible for Federal recognition as commissioned officers of the National Guard:
(1) Members of the National Guard.
(2) Members of the armed forces.
(3) Former officers of the armed forces.
(4) Former enlisted members of the armed forces who were discharged honorably or under honorable conditions.
(5) Graduates of the United States Military Academy, the United States Naval Academy, the United States Air Force Academy, the United States Coast Guard Academy, or the United States Merchant Marine Academy.
(6) Graduates of a school, college, university, or officer’s training camp who received military instruction under the supervision of a commissioned officer of the Regular Army or the Regular Air Force, and whose fitness for appointment has been certified by that officer.
(7) Civilians who are specially qualified for duty in a technical or staff branch or organization.
**(b)** To be eligible for Federal recognition under this section with a view to serving as a nurse, a person must be a graduate of a hospital or university training school and a registered nurse.
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To be eligible for Federal recognition as an enlisted member of the National Guard, a person must have the qualifications prescribed by the Secretary concerned for the grade, branch, position, and type of unit or organization involved. He becomes federally recognized upon enlisting in a federally recognized unit or organization of the National Guard.
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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
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section
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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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