Title 25, Military, Civil Defense and Veterans Affairs

Whenever new units shall have been organized in the South Carolina Air National Guard at a location distant from previously organized units, newly created officer vacancies shall be tendered first to officers of the South Carolina Air National Guard residing in close proximity to…

Whenever a vacancy for an officer occurs in headquarters, South Carolina Air National Guard, it must be filled from among the officers of the South Carolina Air National Guard who are considered best qualified to fill the vacancy by the chief of staff, headquarters, South Carolin…

Whenever a vacancy occurs in the position of chief of staff, headquarters South Carolina Air National Guard it must be filled by promoting the fully qualified rated officer who has a minimum of five years commissioned service in the South Carolina Air National Guard and who is, i…

Except as otherwise specifically authorized in this section, whenever a vacancy occurs in the grade of colonel or higher in the South Carolina Air National Guard, it must be filled by promoting the officer of the next lower grade in the South Carolina Air National Guard who is fu…

Whenever exceptionally well qualified enlisted men of the South Carolina Air National Guard are approved for appointment in a commissioned grade by headquarters, United States Air Force, and the National Guard Bureau, they may be appointed to the first available vacancy for which…

(A) The officers, the enlisted personnel, or the officers and enlisted personnel or support groups of an organization or unit of the National Guard of South Carolina may organize themselves into a corporation for social purposes and for the purpose of holding, acquiring, and disp…

The dissolution or disbandment of any such unit as a military organization shall not operate to terminate the existence of any such corporation but its existence shall continue for the period limited in its articles of incorporation for the benefit of such corporation. Upon the d…

The duty of maintaining and governing the National Guard of South Carolina not in the service of the United States, rests upon the State, subject to the constitutional authority of Congress.

All expenditures necessary to carry the provisions of this chapter into effect are hereby authorized to be incurred and paid out of the appropriations for the maintenance of the National Guard of South Carolina.

State property. All property of a nonconsumable nature procured by the Adjutant General from state appropriated funds and like property purchased from unit maintenance funds must be accounted for as state property. Property donated from any sources for National Guard use must be …

All bills, claims and demands against the military fund shall be certified or verified in the manner prescribed by regulations promulgated by the Governor and shall be audited by the proper board of military auditors and, if allowed, shall be paid by the State Treasurer upon the …

Facilities owned, leased, or under the control of the military department may be rented periodically. The Adjutant General shall promulgate regulations for a rental program and audit these funds.

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 State duty. Necessary transportation, quartermaster's stores and subsistence for troops when ordered on duty shall be cont…

If any person knowingly purchases or receives in pawn or pledge any military property of the State or of the United States he shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction thereof, shall be sentenced to imprisonment for a period not exceeding one year, or fined not exceed…

All military property of the State which after proper inspection shall be found unsuitable for use of the State shall be disposed of in such a manner as the Adjutant General shall direct and the proceeds thereof paid into the military fund of the State.

The Adjutant General's Office shall expend from appropriated money each year any necessary and reasonable expenses associated with the maintenance and care of the Adjutant General's caisson. The Adjutant General may make its caisson available for the funeral of dignitaries and mi…

It is unlawful for a person to wilfully wear the badge, button, insignia, or rosette of any military order or use any badge, button, insignia, or rosette to obtain aid, assistance, or other benefit or advantage, unless he is entitled to wear or use the military badge, button, ins…

(A) The purpose of this section is to encourage owners of land to make land and water areas available to the military department for training and operational purposes by limiting the owners liability toward military persons entering their land and water areas for training and ope…

The Adjutant General of this State may receive on behalf of the State conveyances of real property suitable for the erection of any required training facility, provided that in accepting any such conveyance on behalf of the State, the State shall incur no liability for the purcha…

The Adjutant General shall be the State custodian and manager of training facilities. No training facility shall be used for any other than a strictly military purpose without the recommendation of the officer in charge thereof and approval of the Adjutant General. Facilities own…

All training facilities and all property, real or personal, used by the National Guard and not owned by the State or the United States shall be leased or rented to this State upon such terms and conditions as shall be approved by the Adjutant General.

The Adjutant General shall be responsible for the proper maintenance of training facilities and is authorized to expend funds appropriated for this purpose.

The Adjutant and Inspector General is hereby authorized to sell obsolete armories and retain such funds as realized therefrom in a special account with the State Treasurer. Funds from such special account shall be used for the construction of new armories, such construction to be…

The State Fiscal Accountability Authority may transfer to a political subdivision ownership of a national guard armory being replaced and declared surplus if the political subdivision has donated real property for use as a site for a replacement armory.

(A) Except as provided in subsection (G), and notwithstanding other provisions of law, this section applies to a board, agency, commission, or other entity providing professional licenses or certificates, or both, for the purpose of employment in the State of South Carolina. A bo…

The National Guard of South Carolina or any part thereof shall be subject to call for Federal service at such times, in such manner and in such numbers as may from time to time be prescribed by the Congress of the United States.

The National Guard shall not be subject to active duty other than training duty, except (a) in case of war, (b) in event or danger of invasion by a foreign nation, (c) there is a rebellion or danger of rebellion against the authority of the government of the United States, (d) th…

When an armed force is called out for the purpose of suppressing an unlawful or riotous assembly it must obey the orders in relation thereto of the civil officer calling it out and render the aid required. The orders of the civil officer may extend to a direction of the general o…

In the event of (a) war, insurrection, rebellion, invasion, tumult, riot or a mob, (b) a body of men acting together by force with intent to commit a felony, to offer violence to persons or property or by force and violence to break and resist the laws of this State or of the Uni…

Whenever, by reason of unlawful obstructions, combinations or assemblages of persons or rebellion against the authority of the government of this State, it shall become impracticable, in the judgment of the Governor to enforce by the ordinary course of judicial proceedings the la…

Whenever in the judgment of the Governor it may be necessary to use the military force under the provisions of SECTION 25-1-1850 the Governor shall forthwith, by proclamation, command such insurgents to disperse and retire peaceably to their respective abodes within a limited tim…

The Governor of the State when, in his judgment, the public safety may require it, may take possession of any or all utilities in the State, including communications and transportation facilities, their offices and appurtenances, their rolling stock, shops, buildings and all thei…

In the event of insurrection, rebellion, invasion, tumult, riot, resistance to law or process or breach of the peace occurring in the vicinity of the station of any organization of the National Guard of South Carolina, the senior commanding officer of that station, whenever the e…

In the event of or imminent danger of war, insurrection, rebellion, invasion, tumult, riot, resistance to law or process or breach of the peace, if the Governor shall have ordered into active service all of the available forces of the National Guard of South Carolina and shall co…

Whenever any portion of the National Guard or militia is employed in aid of the civil authority, the Governor, if in his judgment the 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 speci…

Whenever any physician shall knowingly make and deliver a false certificate of physical disability concerning any member of the National Guard or militia who shall have been ordered out or summoned for active service, such physician shall thereby forfeit forever his license and r…

The act of Congress approved June 3, 1916, entitled "An Act Making Further and More Effectual Provisions for the National Defense and for Other Purposes" and all acts presently amendatory thereto, the future amendatory acts thereof being subject to the approval of the State legis…

An original enlistment in the National Guard must be for a period prescribed by applicable law and regulations of the Department of Defense.

Orders for duty may be oral or written. Officers and enlisted men may be warned for duty either (a) by stating the substance of the order, (b) by reading the order to the person warned, (c) by delivering a copy of such order to such person, (d) by leaving a copy of such order at …

No action or proceeding shall be prosecuted or maintained against a member of a military court or officer or person acting under its authority or reviewing its proceedings on account of the approval of imposition or execution of any sentence, warrant, writ process or mandate of a…

Any person who unlawfully assaults, fires at or throws any missile at, against or upon any member or body of the National Guard or any civil officer or other person lawfully aiding them, while on active duty in the State or aiding in the enforcement of the laws under proper autho…

A person who, either by himself or with another, (a) wilfully deprives a member of the National Guard of South Carolina of his employment, (b) prevents such member from being employed, (c) obstructs or annoys a member or his employer in his trade, business or employment because h…

Whenever the National Guard or any part thereof shall be ordered to active State duty the officers, warrant officers and enlisted men shall, during the period of such active duty, receive the same pay and allowances as provided for the active Armed Forces of the United States.

An enlisted man may be transferred upon his own request from one unit of the National Guard of South Carolina to another by the Adjutant General.

An enlisted person may be discharged from the state military forces according to regulations adopted by the Adjutant General or pursuant to federal law or regulations. On termination of the appointment of an enlisted person in the state military forces, the enlisted person shall …

In case of the death of any member of the South Carolina National Guard, his commanding officer shall immediately secure all his effects then in camp or military quarters and shall, in the presence of two other officers, make an inventory thereof which he shall transmit to the of…