Title 51, MILITARY AFFAIRS

The Governor has the power to promote officers and warrant officers of the Pennsylvania National Guard in accordance with the laws of the United States and rules and regulations promulgated thereunder.

Commissioned officers, warrant officers and noncommissioned officers of the Pennsylvania National Guard under their State commissions and warrants shall have all the powers inherent with command and training responsibility as are granted officers, warrant officers and noncommissi…

Every commissioned officer and warrant officer shall furnish his own uniforms which shall be as prescribed by the Adjutant General, in accordance with Federal rules and regulations. An allowance for this purpose, not to exceed $300 for each officer upon commissioning, may be pres…

The term of every commissioned officer and warrant officer shall be permanent or until terminated by reason of death, retirement, physical disqualification, acceptance by proper authority of resignation, action by a properly constituted board or court martial, or in accordance wi…

(a) Discharge for unfitness.--At any time, the moral character, capacity and general fitness for the service of any Pennsylvania National Guard officer or warrant officer may be determined by a fitness board or court of inquiry of three commissioned officers, senior in rank, if p…

A commissioned officer responsible for Commonwealth funds or Commonwealth property or property of the United States issued to him by the Adjutant General or United States property and disbursing officer, or acquired by transfer, inventory or purchase from annual allowance of Comm…

(a) Qualifications.--Every enlisted person shall meet all the qualifications prescribed by the laws of the United States and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder. (b) Enlistment contract and oath.--Every person enlisting in the Pennsylvania National Guard shall sign a…

(a) General rule.--An enlisted person discharged from service in the Pennsylvania National Guard shall receive a discharge in writing in such form and with such classification as shall be prescribed by the National Guard Bureau, and in time of peace discharges may be given prior …

(a) Promotions.--Every former officer, warrant officer or enlisted person may be promoted to the next higher grade on the Pennsylvania National Guard retired list above that presently held in a grade Federally recognized upon application and recommendation of the next higher leve…

(a) General rule.--When any or all parts of the Pennsylvania National Guard are called as such into the service of the United States, their units and members retain their State status as Federally recognized units and members of the Pennsylvania National Guard in a state of tempo…

(a) General rule.--When any or all of the units and members of the Pennsylvania National Guard are ordered into the active military service of the United States, they stand relieved from duty in the Pennsylvania National Guard during the period of such active military service, ir…

When the Pennsylvania National Guard, or any part thereof, is ordered or called into the service of the United States, officers, warrant officers and enlisted personnel of the Pennsylvania National Guard not accepted for Federal service because of physical defects, age or other c…

When a unit is without commissioned officers from any cause, the commanding officer of the next higher unit in the military chain of command of which it is a part shall detail an officer to command said organization until an officer has been appointed or assigned thereto.