Sec. 6. (a) At any time, the moral character, capacity, and general fitness for the service of any Indiana national guard officer may be determined by an efficiency board of three (3) commissioned officers, senior in rank to the officer whose fitness for service is under investigation. (b) The governor may convene the efficiency board. If the findings of the board are: (1) unfavorable to the officer; and (2) approved by the governor; the officer shall be discharged. (c) The commission of an officer in the Indiana national guard may be vacated: (1) upon the officer's resignation; (2) upon the officer's absence without leave for three (3) months; (3) upon the recommendation of an efficiency board; or (4) under a sentence of a court-martial. However, an officer who has not returned or accounted for all the public property or funds for which the officer is responsible may not receive an honorable discharge or separation. (d) Officers rendered surplus by the disbandment of their organization or other causes shall be separated from the Indiana national guard or placed in the inactive national guard at the discretion of the governor. [Pre-2003 Recodification Citation: 10-2-3-6.] As added by P.L.2-2003, SEC.7.
IC 10-16-6-7 Officers oath Sec. 7. A commissioned officer of the Indiana national guard, before entering upon the duties of the officer's office, shall take and subscribe to the following oath, or other oath as may be required by national guard regulations: "I, ____________, do solemnly swear that I will support and defend the Constitution of the United States and the Constitution of the State of Indiana against all enemies, foreign and domestic; that I will bear true faith and allegiance to the same; that I will obey the orders of the President of the United States and the governor of the state of Indiana, that I make this obligation freely, without any mental reservation or purpose of evasion, and that I will well and faithfully discharge the duties of the office of __________, in the national guard of the state of Indiana upon which I am about to enter, so help me God.". [Pre-2003 Recodification Citation: 10-2-3-7.] As added by P.L.2-2003, SEC.7.