Title 32, MILITARY ESTABLISHMENT

Sec. 109. The organized militia of this state taken collectively shall be known as the state military establishment and constitutes the armed forces of this state. The organized militia consists of the army national guard, the air national guard, and the defense force when actual…

Sec. 111. The state code of military justice applies to all members of the organized militia when not in active federal service. Officers and enlisted personnel of the organized militia during service in the organized militia are exempt from jury duty and service on a posse comit…

Sec. 113. Officers and enlisted personnel of the state military establishment shall receive for each day spent by them on active state service under orders of the governor, who is authorized to determine when to place them on such duty, the pay and allowances provided for persons…

Sec. 114. During periods of active state service or special duty, the administrative workday shall consist of 24 hours and the administrative workweek shall consist of 7 days for officers and enlisted personnel of the state military establishment. The adjutant general shall presc…

Sec. 115. Subsistence shall be furnished by the state when troops of the state military establishment are mobilized for state duty requiring the furnishing of subsistence.

Sec. 117. Officers and enlisted personnel on active service in excess of 7 days and when so ordered by the governor in support of civilian authority or in time of war or emergencies of this state or of the United States, in all cases, except for treason, felony, or breach of the …

Sec. 119. The governor may appoint a board of 3 national guard officers, 1 of whom shall be a medical officer to inquire into and make recommendations concerning the payment of compensation, claims, medical attention, hospital treatment, funeral expenses and other expenses not ot…

Sec. 121. "Line of duty" as used in this act means an act performed by a member of the state military establishment in obedience to or in conformity with a law, rule, regulation, order, command or custom of the military service or an act performed which is not in violation of a l…

Sec. 123. In construing the term "line of duty" the recorded opinions of the judge advocate general of the United States armed forces in like cases or circumstances or involving like principles, insofar as not contrary to this act, shall govern and be applied to line of duty case…

Sec. 125. "Duty" also includes the time necessary for a member of the state military establishment to go from his usual residence or place of business or employment to respond to a call to duty, and the time necessary to return from the place of duty to his usual residence or pla…

Sec. 127. (1) Officers and enlisted personnel of the state military establishment while on active state service or special duty, under the provisions of this act or on orders of the governor, shall accrue leave as provided members of the United States armed forces. (2) Leave with…

Sec. 129. Officers and enlisted personnel in the state military establishment when this act takes effect shall continue in office and remain in the service until the expiration of their terms of office or enlistment, unless otherwise provided by this act.

Sec. 131. The bond of an officer who has heretofore given a bond by virtue of any law concerning the militia shall remain in full force and effect according to its terms.

Sec. 151. (1) The governor is the commander-in-chief of the Michigan National Guard. He or she may order to active state service any members of the Michigan National Guard in case of riot, tumult, breach of the peace, or resistance of process, or for service in aid of civil autho…

Sec. 155. The governor may order into the defense force any members of the unorganized militia in case of riot, tumult, breach of the peace, resistance of process, or for service in aid of civil authority, whether state or federal, or in time of actual or imminent public danger, …

Sec. 159. (1) The governor may enter into an agreement with the governors of 1 or more other states authorizing the military forces of this state, in time of invasion, rebellion, public disaster, or catastrophe, or to assist a state or local law enforcement agency, at the request…

Sec. 163. If the United States is at war or if any other emergency is declared by the president or the congress of the United States or by the governor or legislature, any organization, unit or detachment of the military forces of this state, by direction of the governor and upon…

Sec. 167. A military force of another state which is in fresh pursuit of insurrectionists, saboteurs, enemies or enemy forces may continue such pursuit into this state, until the military or police forces of this state or the forces of the United States have had a reasonable oppo…

Sec. 171. The governor may direct the adjutant general to organize, disband, arrange, transfer, convert, alter, consolidate, or attach units of the military establishment. The transfer of personnel to and within units shall be carried out by order of the adjutant general.

Sec. 175. When any part of the organized militia is employed pursuant to section 151, the governor, if in his judgment maintenance of law and order will thereby be promoted, may by proclamation declare the county or city in which the troops are serving or any specified portion th…

Sec. 179. (1) No civilian person, except the governor, may command personnel of the state military establishment. (2) If any portion of the organized militia is called into active service, special duty, active state service, or the service of the United States to execute the laws…

Sec. 181. The authority to appoint and promote officers and warrant officers of the organized militia is vested in the governor.

Sec. 182. (1) The governor as commander-in-chief may prescribe the award of medals and other suitable means of public recognition for distinguished service, longevity, acts of valor, or meritorious achievement. The awards may be made to members of the organized militia of this st…

Sec. 201. The national guard consists of the organizations and units which are, under the laws and regulations of the United States, prescribed as the portion of the national guard of the United States apportioned and assigned to this state in accordance with a troop basis approv…

Sec. 205. The commanding officer of each organization of the national guard is responsible for training, combat readiness and efficiency of the organization he commands.

Sec. 213. The governor shall appoint general officers of the national guard from qualified federally recognized officers of the national guard, who have served at least 5 years as commissioned officers in the national guard, and shall be qualified for federal recognition as gener…

Sec. 217. An officer of the national guard shall take and subscribe to the following oath of office: "I ..................... do solemnly swear (or affirm) that I will support and defend the constitution of the United States and the constitution of the state of Michigan, against …

Sec. 221. Original enlistments in the national guard and all subsequent enlistments shall be for the period prescribed by laws or regulations for the national guard of the United States.

Sec. 225. A person enlisting in the national guard shall take an oath to defend the constitution of the United States and the constitution of the state in such form as may be prescribed by regulations.

Sec. 229. An officer of an active or reserve component of the armed forces of the United States may administer oaths and affirmations in the appointment or enlistment of officers and enlisted personnel of the Michigan national guard.

Sec. 233. On termination of an emergency in which officers and enlisted personnel of the national guard have been called or ordered into federal service by the president of the United States, in accordance with the laws of the United States, the officers and enlisted men shall co…

Sec. 236. (1) An officer or enlisted person serving in the national guard while under state jurisdiction shall take a department-administered post-traumatic stress disorder questionnaire and a traumatic brain injury questionnaire before being deployed in operation Iraqi freedom, …

Sec. 237. (1) Enlisted personnel discharged from service in the national guard shall receive certificates of discharge in writing as prescribed by the laws or regulations of the United States or this state for the national guard. In time of peace, a discharge may be given prior t…

Sec. 251. (1) The governor, as commander-in-chief, may activate within the military establishment such number of units to be known as the Michigan volunteer defense force, as the governor considers necessary for adequate emergency assistance to the state. When activated by proper…

Sec. 255. In case of war, or a national emergency, when the national guard may be in the military service of the United States, the defense force shall be ready and able to protect the state in case of insurrection, invasion, disaster or other emergency, actual or imminent. In su…

Sec. 259. An officer shall agree to service the state for the duration of the emergency. An enlistee shall enlist in writing for the duration of the emergency or such time as regulations may direct.

Sec. 263. Officers and enlisted personnel of the defense force shall take the oath prescribed by regulations.

Sec. 267. Commissioned officers of the defense force may administer oaths and affirmations in the discharge of any of the duties pertaining to their offices and in connection with the appointment of officers and the enlistment of men in the defense force.

Sec. 271. Officers and enlisted personnel of the defense force shall be appointed in the same manner, and with like duties, responsibilities and authority as prescribed by law and regulations governing the national guard, or as may be prescribed in special regulations promulgated…

Sec. 275. The qualifications of persons for appointment and promotion as officers and warrant officers of, and for enlistment in, the defense force shall be as prescribed by the governor, and without reference to qualifications prescribed for the national guard. Except as otherwi…

Sec. 279. Regulations for the training and discipline of the defense force shall be prescribed by order of the governor.

Sec. 283. While in active state service under orders of the governor under the circumstances and conditions prescribed for the national guard in this act, or in such status in the administration, training, command and supply of the Michigan defense force, the officers and enliste…

Sec. 287. Reference to "Michigan state troops" in any law is construed as referring to the defense force.

Sec. 300. The office of the adjutant general, with the rank of major general in the national guard, is created. He or she shall be the commanding general of the military establishment. Under the direction of the governor, he or she is charged with the responsibility for the comma…

Sec. 302. (1) The governor shall appoint the adjutant general from among qualified federally recognized officers of the national guard. The adjutant general shall have served as an officer of field or general grade in the state military establishment for not less than 5 years bef…

Sec. 304. The adjutant general shall select from among the qualified federally recognized officers of the army national guard a principal assistant to be known as "assistant adjutant general for army" to supervise the training, administration and supply of the army national guard…