44-2 - Composition of National Guard.
§ 44-2. Composition of National Guard.
A. The National Guard shall consist of the regularly enlisted militia and ofcommissioned and warrant officers, who shall be residents of the Commonwealthof Virginia and shall fall within the age limits and qualifications asprescribed in existing or subsequently amended National Guard regulations(army and air), organized, armed and equipped as hereinafter provided. Uponoriginal enlistment members of the National Guard shall not be less thanseventeen nor more than fifty-five years of age, or, in subsequentenlistments not more than sixty-four years of age. All enlistments in theNational Guard of persons under the age of eighteen years made prior to June27, 1958, shall be held, and the same are hereby declared valid and effectivein all respects, if otherwise valid and effective according to the law thenin force.
B. Notwithstanding the above, persons otherwise qualified but residingoutside the Commonwealth of Virginia, may enlist or serve as commissioned orwarrant officers in the National Guard.
(1930, p. 948; Michie Code 1942, § 2673(2); 1958, c. 393; 1976, c. 399; 1979,c. 647.)