Title 30, Title 30 Affairs and Defense

The separation from the service of an enlisted person of the national guard is effected by death or by discharge by proper authority.

During the absence of organizations of the national guard in the service of the United States, their designation shall not be given to, or used by, any other organization.

Causes for the discharge of enlisted persons of the national guard are as enumerated under the laws of the United States, and the regulations pertaining to the national guard, and for such other reason as the governor deems adequate, satisfactory, and for the best interests of th…

No enlisted person of the national guard shall be dishonorably discharged from the service except by reason of a sentence of a general court-martial or a special court-martial, which sentence is approved by the governor.

An enlisted person discharged from service in the national guard shall receive a discharge, in writing, in such form and with such classification as is, or shall be, prescribed by the laws of the United States. In time of peace, discharges may be given prior to the expiration of …

The appointment of noncommissioned officers, privates first class, and specialists, in the national guard, and their reductions, shall be made as provided by the laws of the United States and the regulations pertaining to the national guard and of this state.

In time of war or other emergency or imminent danger thereof, the governor may detail retired enlisted persons to active duty and, on conclusion of the emergency, return them to the retired list.

Any federally recognized commissioned officer of the national guard of Rhode Island may administer the oath of enlistment to enlisted persons of the national guard, either within or without the state. A person making oath to any willfully false statement contained in the enlistme…

When an enlisted person of the national guard attains age sixty (60), he or she shall be retired from active service or discharged.

Any enlisted person who shall have served in the national guard for fifteen (15) years may, upon his or her own application to the commander-in-chief, be placed upon the retired list of enlisted persons and withdrawn from active service; provided, however, that if an enlisted per…

(a) Every commissioned officer or warrant officer of the National Guard shall, upon reaching the age of retirement as provided by the laws of the United States, be placed on the retired list with the rank held by the person at the time of retirement. (b) Any commissioned officer …

Any commissioned officer, warrant officer, or enlisted person, of the national guard, physically disabled in the line of duty, may upon his or her own application to the commander-in-chief, be placed upon the retired list and withdrawn from active service with the highest rank to…

Whenever any organization of the national guard is disbanded, the personnel thereof shall be disposed of in accordance with regulations.

Any person who is an active member of the Rhode Island national guard and who is enrolled in, or otherwise eligible to attend, any college or university in Rhode Island and who is not eligible to receive Veterans Administration educational benefits, shall be entitled to an educat…

Educational benefits supported by state funds shall be limited in the aggregate to the amount hereafter appropriated, or as much thereof as the general assembly may annually appropriate, and distribution of funds in support of educational benefits for national guard members shall…

In the event of a resumption of a national system of selective service, the provisions of §§ 30-3-40 and 30-3-40.1 shall be terminated within a period of twelve (12) months of the effective date of this selective service and no further state funds shall be appropriated for educat…

(a) Any person who is an active member in good standing of the Rhode Island national guard, and who is eligible to attend at any state college or university in Rhode Island, will be eligible for a tuition assistance educational benefit amounting to five (5) courses per semester a…

Any member of the national guard who has been mobilized in excess of thirty (30) days and who elects coverage under a term life insurance policy issued by the federal government, shall be reimbursed from the general fund for the cost of premiums incurred by the member for said po…

If an active member of the Rhode Island national guard is killed or dies while in the performance of his or her duty as a member, there shall be paid out of the general fund of the state of Rhode Island the charges for the tuition of children of the deceased member and/or the spo…

(a) There is hereby created the Rhode Island military family relief fund. The purpose of this fund shall be to aid family members of the Rhode Island National Guard and military force reservists and members of the active duty military with either a home of record or military serv…

The commissioned or enlisted strength of any organization of the national guard shall not, without the consent of the President, be reduced below the minimum that shall be prescribed therefor by the President.

Each unit of the Rhode Island national guard will be allowed the sum of one dollar ($1.00) per enlisted person per year to enable purchase of various supplies for use of each unit; provided, however, that no part of this fund shall be used to pay dues or assessments in any club o…

A sum to provide for § 30-3-6 is hereby annually appropriated, out of any money in the treasury not otherwise appropriated, to carry out the purpose of § 30-3-6; and the state controller is hereby authorized and directed to draw his or her orders upon the general treasurer for th…

The inactive national guard shall consist of such headquarters, units, officers, and enlisted persons as are authorized and prescribed, administered, and governed pursuant to the laws of the United States and the regulations issued thereunder.

Commissioned officers and warrant officers of the national guard hereafter appointed shall be citizens of the United States, between the ages of eighteen (18) and sixty (60) years, who shall have successfully passed such tests as to their moral, physical, and professional fitness…

The independent chartered military organizations shall be constituted as provided, respectively, in their charters, or any amendments thereof. The members of these organizations shall be subject to no age limit other than prescribed respectively by their charters or rules made th…

The governor is authorized and empowered, in his or her discretion, to order a field day annually for each of the independent chartered military organizations for the purpose of visiting the state rifle range in order that all officers and persons may qualify in rifle practice. O…

The general assembly shall annually appropriate such a sum as it may deem necessary for the purpose of heating, lighting, and repairing the armories of the independent chartered military organizations of the state, which sum shall be apportioned as follows: (1) For the artillery …

Each independent chartered military organization of the state that has been entered on the approved active roll of the state adjutant general may also receive annually the sum of five hundred dollars ($500) for armorer’s expenses, to be paid in January of each year. The adjutant …

All provisions of this chapter, insofar as they relate to independent chartered military organizations, shall apply to the naval militia battalion manning the sloop U.S.S. Providence in the same manner as they apply to the independent chartered military organizations mentioned in…

(a) Any enlisted member of an independent chartered military organization who shall have served as an enlisted member for a period of fifteen (15) years may, upon his or her own application to the governor, be placed upon the retired list of enlisted persons and withdrawn from ac…

The unorganized militia shall be subject to active duty in case of war or national emergency, or when the governor deems it necessary for the public safety.

Whenever it may be necessary to call out any portion of the unorganized militia for active duty, the governor shall direct his or her order to the mayor of any city or the president of a town council of any town, who, upon the receipt of the order, shall forthwith proceed to draf…

Every member of the unorganized militia called out, or who volunteers or is drafted under the provisions of chapters 1 — 14 of this title, who, after being duly notified in accordance with the provisions hereof, does not appear at the time and place designated by his or her comma…

Any physician or medical officer who shall grant any person a certificate of inability to perform military duty on account of bodily infirmities, after critical examinations, unless this infirmity or inability is such as to render the applicant unable to perform military duty, sh…

When the national guard of the state shall have been called, ordered, or drafted into the service of the United States for war or an emergency, the governor shall (and at any time, if he or she deems it necessary for the public safety, when not in conflict with the provisions of …

The portion of the unorganized militia ordered out or accepted into active service shall be immediately mustered into the service of the state for such a period, shall be organized into such units and organizations, with such officers to be appointed as may be necessary therefor,…

The unorganized militia on active duty shall be commanded by the officer of the militia designated for that purpose by the governor.

The unorganized militia on active duty under call of the governor, may be disbanded and mustered out of active service by the governor at any time.

Except as otherwise prescribed in chapters 1 — 14 of this title and in the rules and regulations to be established by the governor, which rules and regulations shall have the force of law, the provisions of law and the regulations in respect to the national guard, where applicabl…

Payment of the commissioned officers, warrant officers, and enlisted persons ordered into service under § 30-2-6 and payment of all expenses for transportation, rations, forage, gasoline, oil, shelter, medical care, arms, ammunition, equipment, and supplies incurred and that were…

Every commissioned officer or warrant officer of the national guard, ordered to duty by the governor or under his or her authority, or detailed by the governor or under his or her authority to serve on or with any military board, court of inquiry, or court martial, shall receive …

Each enlisted person of the Rhode Island army or air national guard ordered to duty by the governor, or under his or her authority, shall receive or be entitled to, for every day actually on duty, the same pay and allowances that an enlisted person of the same grade and length of…

When an officer, warrant officer, or enlisted person of the Rhode Island army or air national guard shall be employed as a civilian for any work or service connected or associated with the Rhode Island army or air national guard, he or she shall receive at least the minimum hourl…

No commissioned officer or warrant officer or enlisted person in the national guard shall receive the compensation provided for in chapters 1 — 14 of this title unless he or she personally performs the duties prescribed by law, and no substitute shall be allowed compensation for …

(a) Employees of a state agency, who are eligible as defined within, may qualify for a military pay differential, hereafter also referred to as a “differential”. Such differential shall consist of the difference between the base pay for state employment that the state employee wo…