Title 33, Military Affairs

Every unit of the Mississippi National Guard and the individual members thereof shall, unless excused by proper authority, participate in such field training, armory drills, training assemblies, inspections, musters, ceremonies, parades and other military training or military dut…

The commander in chief of the organized militia of this state may cause those officers under his command to perform any military duty, and they shall be responsible to the Governor for the general efficiency of the organized militia and for the inspection, training, instruction, …

The commander in chief is authorized to order out the Mississippi National Guard, or any part thereof, for training or service beyond the borders of the state, with any part of the Armed Forces of the United States, whenever participation in such training or serving is authorized…

For the purpose of coordinating and making more effective the field and similar classes of instruction and training in organizations of the National Guard jointly maintained by Mississippi and any other state or states during periods of field or similar training, as provided unde…

The Governor as Commander in Chief shall appoint and commission, or warrant, all officers of the Mississippi National Guard other than noncommissioned officers.

All officers of the Mississippi National Guard, except the Adjutant General, shall hold office until retired for age or disability, be honorably discharged at their own request, or be dismissed pursuant to a sentence of a general court-martial. The Governor may, however, at his d…

Every officer commissioned or warranted in the Mississippi National Guard shall, before entering upon his duties, take and subscribe to the following oath, which oath, signed by him and witnessed by an officer of the Mississippi National Guard, will be filed in the office of the …

Every person commissioned as an officer in the Mississippi National Guard shall, unless otherwise specifically provided by law, be examined as to his qualifications for office, and no person shall be appointed until he has passed a satisfactory examination as to his capacity, gen…

Officers of all grades will be assigned to units or arms of the service and will be transferred from one unit or arm of the service to another by order of the commander in chief as the interest of the service may require; and all appointments will be by commission or warrant in t…

(a) No officer of the National Guard shall be dismissed unless by reason of resignation, approval of findings of an efficiency or medical examining board, withdrawal of federal recognition, the sentence of a court-martial, or for cause as provided in sub-section (d) of this secti…

The Adjutant General shall publish annually a relative rank list of all officers in the Mississippi National Guard. Commissions or warrants of officers shall bear date of actual appointment by the Governor. Officers of each grade shall rank and take precedence according to the da…

If different organizations of the National Guard of this state join in or do any state duty together, the highest ranking commissioned line or rated officer there on duty or in quarters shall command the whole and give orders for what is needful in the service unless otherwise sp…

Commissioned officers or warrant officers who are surplus by reduction or disbandment of organization, by being relieved from duty or command, or by any other manner, shall be withdrawn from active service and placed on the state reserve list. State reserve officers shall be subj…

(1) There shall be a retired list of officers and enlisted men who have served with honor or distinction on the active list of the Mississippi National Guard, and all officers and enlisted men placed on the retired list shall remain thereon unless returned to the active list by t…

All commissioned officers will provide themselves with such uniforms as may be prescribed for their use.

(a) The qualifications for enlistment and re-enlistment, the periods of enlistment, re-enlistment and voluntary extension of enlistment, the period of service, the form of oath to be taken, and the manner and form of transfer and discharge of enlisted personnel of the forces of t…

Every person who enlists or reenlists in any force of the organized militia shall sign an enlistment contract and shall take and subscribe such oath or affirmation of enlistment as may be prescribed by applicable laws of the United States and the State of Mississippi and by regul…

(a) An enlisted man discharged from service in the National Guard shall receive a discharge in writing, in such form and with such classifications as is or shall be prescribed under regulations promulgated by the Adjutant General of the State of Mississippi or by the secretary of…

The promotion and administrative reduction of enlisted men, including non-commissioned officers, shall be pursuant to rules and regulations prescribed by the United States for the government and administration of the National Guard, or pursuant to such rules and regulations as ma…

Every enlisted man of the Mississippi National Guard shall be furnished with a service uniform.

(1) The Governor shall have power in case of invasion, disaster, insurrection, riot, breach of the peace, or combination to oppose the enforcement of the law by force or violence, or imminent danger thereof or other grave emergency, to order into the active service of the state f…

(1) The Governor, if he deems it necessary to preserve law and order, may by proclamation declare martial law to be in effect in any county or area in the state. Such proclamation shall be in writing, shall define the limits of such martial law, and specify the forces to be used,…

It shall be the duty of the Governor, when ordering out any portion of the National Guard, for active state duty, to issue his orders to the officer in command of such troops as he may have ordered out, directing him as to the duty to be performed and the kind and extent of force…

Whenever any part of the military forces of this state is on active duty pursuant to the order of the Governor, the commanding officer may order the closing of any place where intoxicating liquors, arms, ammunition, dynamite or other explosives are sold, and forbid the sale, bart…

(a) Before using military forces in the dispersion of any riot, tumult, mob, or other lawless or unlawful assembly, or combination mentioned in this chapter, it shall be the duty of the civil officer calling out such military force, or some other conservator of the peace, of if n…

No member of the militia ordered into the active service of the state, or ordered into any Title 32 United States Code capacity for service during a period of declared emergency under the Mississippi Emergency Management Law, Section 33-15-1 et seq., shall be liable civilly or cr…

Whenever the National Guard, or any part thereof, is called out to aid civil authorities or to supersede same, or for any other active state duty, the officers, warrant officers and enlisted men of such force shall receive the same pay and allowances as officers, warrant officers…

Whenever the National Guard, or any part thereof, is ordered out for active state duty, all expenses incurred in such service shall be paid from funds of the State of Mississippi not otherwise appropriated.

There is hereby created in the State Treasury a special fund to be known as the “Mississippi National Guard State Active Duty Emergency Operations Fund” for the purpose of receiving monies appropriated or otherwise made available in any manner for deposit into the fund for mainta…

The duty of governing and maintaining the National Guard of Mississippi not in the service of the United States rests upon the state, subject to the constitutional authority of congress.

This article shall be known as the Mississippi National Guard Educational Assistance Law.

(a) As used in this article, the following words shall have the meanings as set forth by this section:(a) “Mississippi National Guard” means federally recognized units of the Mississippi National Guard.(b) “Gender” means words importing the masculine gender only shall apply to fe…

The Adjutant General is hereby authorized to pay the tuition, room and board for any active member of the Mississippi National Guard who is enrolled or may enroll within the State of Mississippi in an accredited institution of higher learning, vocational education school or junio…

(a) In addition to the prerequisites of Section 33-7-405, the following requirements must be met:(a) The active member must have completed basic training, be a commissioned officer, be a cadet or be an officer candidate.(b) He must be a member in good standing with the active Mis…

In the event the individual’s service in the Mississippi National Guard is terminated or his service becomes unsatisfactory while receiving the benefits afforded by this program, the benefits will be terminated. After termination for the above causes, an individual will be inelig…

The Adjutant General of Mississippi shall be responsible for the establishment of policies, the administration and implementation of the article. He is also the final authority in determining eligible applicants.

The Adjutant General of Mississippi will annually submit to the Legislature through the Legislative Budget Office an estimated budget to support the provisions of this article. The Legislature shall fund this article by separate appropriation and the funds shall be subject to aud…

This article shall be known, and may be cited, as the National Guard Mutual Assistance Counter-Drug Activities Compact Law.

The National Guard Mutual Assistance Counter-Drug Activities Compact is hereby enacted into law and entered into with all other jurisdictions legally joining therein in the form substantially as follows: A. The purposes of this compact are to:A. Provide for mutual assistance and …

(1) As used in this section, the following terms have the meaning herein ascribed unless the context clearly requires otherwise:(a) “Adjutant General” means the individual appointed and commissioned under Section 33-3-7 as the Adjutant General of the department.(b) “Department” m…

All expenditures necessary to carry the provisions of the chapter into effect are hereby authorized to be incurred and paid out of the military fund, except where otherwise specifically provided.

The Adjutant General and the Comptroller of the Military Department are responsible for all obligations or indebtedness incurred in the name of the agency or by any employee for them when incurred by such employee acting within the scope of his or her employment. All bills, claim…

Each unit shall be entitled to such maintenance fund allowances as may be provided in the annual appropriations act as apportioned by the Adjutant General under such regulations as the Governor may prescribe.

There shall be provided by the state transportation for all officers and transportation and subsistence for all enlisted men who shall be lawfully ordered to active state duty. Necessary transportation, quartermaster’s stores and subsistence for troops when ordered on duty shall …

Every officer of the Mississippi National Guard shall immediately upon his vacating an office, turn over to his successor, or to such other officer as may be designated by the commander in chief, or other competent authority, all records, retained copies of reports, public funds,…

Any officer or enlisted man taking any government property from any military installation without the consent of his unit commander shall be considered as appropriating government property for his own use and may be tried in any court of competent jurisdiction and on conviction t…