Title 10 › Subtitle E — Reserve Components › PART II — PERSONNEL GENERALLY › CHAPTER 1205 — APPOINTMENT OF RESERVE OFFICERS › § 12211
When an Army National Guard officer gets federal recognition, they must also be made a Reserve to serve in the Army National Guard of the United States at the same rank. If an Army Reserve officer becomes federally recognized as an Army National Guard officer, they stop being in the Army Reserve and become an officer of the Army National Guard of the United States. Accepting the Reserve role does not remove their state National Guard job. If the federal recognition is temporary, the Reserve appointment uses that temporary recognition date and counts from that date. If the Army National Guard of the United States is ordered to active duty, the President may give Reserve status to any National Guard officer who is not already a Reserve, at their current rank.
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10 U.S.C. § 12211
Title 10, Armed Forces
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Aug 21, 2026
Release point: 119-102