Title 27 — Title 27: Armed Forces and Veterans

Sec. 27-73g. Medal of achievement. The Adjutant General and two officers of field grade or above, appointed by the Adjutant General, shall constitute a board of officers to receive recommendations, through military channels, for the award, within available appropriations, of the …

Sec. 27-73h. Military recruitment ribbon. Except as provided in this section, the Adjutant General shall issue a military recruitment ribbon to each member of the armed forces of the state, as defined in section 27-2, who has assisted in the recruitment of three persons, which pe…

Sec. 27-73i. Civilian medal of merit. The Adjutant General and two officers of field grade or above, appointed by the Adjutant General, shall constitute a board of officers to receive recommendations through military or civilian channels for the award of the civilian medal of mer…

Sec. 27-73j. Ribbons and medals for members of the Hmong Laotian special guerilla units. Notwithstanding the provisions of section 27-73e, the Commissioner of Veterans Affairs, in consultation with the Adjutant General, shall award a ribbon and medal as described in said section …

Sec. 27-73k. Military funeral honors ribbon. The Adjutant General may issue a military funeral honors ribbon to any member of the National Guard or organized militia or other military personnel who satisfactorily performs as a member of an honor guard detail pursuant to section 2…

Sec. 27-74. Service emblem of State Guard. The Adjutant General shall present, upon application, to all members of the Connecticut State Guard and such persons as have been honorably discharged from the Connecticut State Guard since March 9, 1917, the button of the design and mat…

Sec. 27-75. Memorials to veterans and military service. Memorials to veterans of the armed forces of the state or the United States and to state or federal military service may be placed in state military facilities or erected upon state-owned or controlled military property, sub…

Sec. 27-76. Honor guard detail at funeral of veteran of United States armed forces or National Guard. When requested by the commander of any accredited veteran organization or by friends or relatives of any deceased person who has served in any of the armed forces of the United S…

Sec. 27-77. Disposition of battle flags. All battle flags of Connecticut troops in the possession of the military authorities of the state shall be deposited in the State Capitol, in suitable cases and the Joint Committee on Legislative Management and the Adjutant General shall b…

Sec. 27-78. Standards of State Guard. Within six months after the mustering out of any regiment of the State Guard, the surviving late senior officer of such regiment shall cause the regimental standards, both national and state, which belonged to such regiment to be deposited in…

Sec. 27-79. organizational structure and composition. Regulations, bylaws, circulars and orders. The Governor shall determine the organizational structure of the militia units pursuant to section 27-14. Each militia unit shall be composed in a manner consistent with National Guar…

Sec. 27-8. Governor's Guards to be organized militia. The Governor's Guards shall be organized militia, with the immunities and privileges provided by law, and may be ordered to state military duty by the Governor. (1949 Rev., S. 1326; 1957, P.A. 365, S. 4; P.A. 22-62, S. 3.) His…

Sec. 27-80. “Dependent” and “separation allowance” defined. “Dependent”, as used in this chapter, means a blood relation or the spouse of a Connecticut soldier, sailor or marine who, at the time of the calling of such soldier, sailor or marine into active military or naval servic…

Sec. 27-81. Separation allowance provided. Whenever the armed forces of the state are called into active military or naval service in time of war, reasonable apprehension thereof, riot or rebellion, the state shall pay separation allowances weekly to actual and bona fide dependen…

Sec. 27-82. Commissioner of Veterans Affairs to administer separation allowances. The Commissioner of Veterans Affairs is authorized to administer the separation allowances provided for by this chapter and enforce the provisions relating thereto. The commissioner shall determine …

Sec. 27-83. Amount of separation allowances. Separation allowances for such dependents shall be paid on a basis of not more than twenty dollars per month to the spouse of such soldier, sailor or marine and not more than six dollars per month for each minor child, under sixteen ye…

Sec. 27-84. List of dependents to be filed. Whenever a person enlists in the armed forces of the state, either in the National Guard or other troops, he or she shall certify to the enlistment officer the name, sex and age of each person who, in the event of his or her being calle…

Sec. 27-85. When allowances are not to be paid. So much of this chapter as relates to separation allowances shall be inoperative whenever the United States pays to dependents of Connecticut soldiers, sailors or marines such separation allowances as are herein described and whenev…

Sec. 27-86. Funds to pay allowances; State Treasurer authorized to borrow. Whenever the provisions of this chapter relating to separation allowances become operative through the calling of the National Guard or other forces into active service, the Commissioner of Veterans Affair…

Secs. 27-87 to 27-100. Discipline. Sections 27-87 to 27-100, inclusive, are repealed. (1949 Rev., S. 1264, 1286, 1288–1295, 1297, 1318; 1949, S. 868d; 1953, S. 872d; 1957, P.A. 365, S. 47–54, 56–58, 60, 61; 1959, P.A. 367, S. 1; 1967, P.A. 717, S. 136.) PART X SERVICES TO MEMBERS…

Sec. 27-9. Connecticut State Guard. The Governor may raise, organize, maintain and govern a body of volunteer troops for state military duty. Such body of troops shall be known as “the Connecticut State Guard” and shall be a part of the organized militia. (September, 1950, 1953, …