29A.20 - OFFICERS.
29A.20 OFFICERS.
Officers of the national guard shall be selected from the classes
of persons having the qualifications prescribed by federal law and
regulations. They shall be appointed by the governor upon the
recommendation of their superiors in the chain of command, provided
that they shall have successfully passed such tests as to physical,
moral, and professional fitness, as shall be prescribed by law and
regulations. Each officer shall take an oath of office and shall
hold office until the officer shall have attained the maximum age of
retirement that is prescribed by federal law or regulations
pertaining to officers of the armed forces of the United States,
unless the officer's commission or warrant is sooner vacated by
resignation, death or as hereinafter provided. In case the officer
has no immediate superiors, within the state, in the chain of
command, the officer shall be appointed, as above provided, upon the
recommendation of the adjutant general. A commission shall designate
the arm or branch of service in which the officer is commissioned.
Provided, however, that no person shall be appointed a commissioned
or warrant officer who has not reached the person's eighteenth
birthday at or prior to the time of such appointment. Section History: Early Form
[C51, § 624, 626--628; R60, § 1005, 1007--1009; C73, § 1047, 1048;
C97, § 2176--2180; S13, § 2215-f10; C24, 27, 31, § 441; C35, §
467-f11; C39, § 467.11; C46, 50, § 29.11; C54, 58, 62, § 29.20;
C66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, § 29A.20]