Section 110-B:7 Military Staff of the Governor.
I. The military staff of the governor shall consist of the adjutant general who shall be the chief of staff and 12 aides-de-camp. Four shall be detailed from the national guard and 4 others shall be appointed from the reserve components of the armed forces of the United States. The remaining 4 may be appointed from officers or former officers of the United States army, navy, marine corps, coast guard or air force, or of the national guard or of the various officers' reserves components or from civilian life.
II. Officers detailed from the national guard shall retain their existing rank and shall remain subject to duty except as their services may be required by the governor as staff members. Officers or enlisted persons or former officers or enlisted persons appointed from the army, navy, air force, marine corps, coast guard, or the various military reserve corps, shall be of the rank held or last held by them in these organizations; except that, if the rank last held by a former member of the army, marine corps or air force is lower than major, such former member shall be commissioned in the rank of major; and that, if the rank last held by a former member of the navy or coast guard is lower than lieutenant-commander, such former member shall be commissioned in the rank of lieutenant-commander. Except as provided above, civilians appointed to the military staff of the governor shall be commissioned in the rank of major or its naval equivalent but shall not thereby be exempted from military duties. The 12 aides-de-camp shall hold office during the pleasure and not exceeding the term of office of the governor appointing them.
III. As soon as may be after each state general election, the governor-elect shall submit to the governor and council the names of those persons not then officers of the militia whom the governor-elect shall wish to appoint to the military staff; and it shall thereupon be the duty of the governor and council to commission such nominees as officers of the militia in the appropriate rank as prescribed in this section. Such commission shall take effect on the day the governor-elect takes office.
IV. The military staff of the governor shall perform such ceremonial functions and duties as the governor may prescribe.
Source. 1981, 434:1, eff. Aug. 22, 1981.