Subdivision 1. Period of enlistments. Except as otherwise provided by federal law or regulation for the National Guard, original enlistments in the military forces shall be for a period of three years and subsequent enlistments for periods of one or three years. The governor may by order fix shorter period of enlistment or reenlistment for any of the military forces so far as not inconsistent with federal law. In the event of an emergency wherein the governor has called out any of the military forces, the governor may by order extend for not exceeding the duration of the emergency and 60 days thereafter the period of any enlistment in the forces called out which would otherwise expire.
Subd. 2. Form of enlistment contract. Except as otherwise provided by federal law or regulation for the National Guard, every person enlisting in the military forces shall sign an enlistment contract in the form prescribed by the adjutant general, and shall subscribe to the following oath or affirmation: "I hereby acknowledge to have voluntarily enlisted this .......... day of .......... ......., as a soldier in the .......... for the period of three (or one) year .... under the conditions prescribed by law, unless sooner discharged by proper authority. And I do solemnly swear that I will bear true faith and allegiance to the United States of America and the state of Minnesota; that I will serve them honestly and faithfully against all their enemies whomsoever; and that I will obey the orders of the President of the United States and of the governor of the state of Minnesota and the officers appointed over me, according to law and the Uniform Code of Military Justice"; provided, that the words "the President of the United States and of" shall be omitted in the case of persons enlisting in forces not subject to federal service.
Subd. 3. Organization not to be enlisted as unit. No civil association, society, club, post, order, fraternity, fraternal organization, union, league, or other organized body shall be enlisted in the military forces as a unit.
Subd. 4. Administration of oath. Any officer of the Minnesota National Guard or any commissioned officer of a regular or reserve component of the armed forces of the United States may administer the oath or affirmation of enlistment to a person enlisting in the Minnesota National Guard.
1943 c 108 s 13; 1963 c 658 s 9,10; 1982 c 481 s 1; 1986 c 444; 1998 c 254 art 1 s 107
Structure Minnesota Statutes
Chapters 190 - 195 — Military Affairs
Section 192.01 — Minnesota National Guard.
Section 192.02 — Inactive National Guard.
Section 192.03 — Organization.
Section 192.04 — Location Of Units.
Section 192.056 — Protection Of Reservist-owned Business During Active Service.
Section 192.06 — Officers And Enlisted Persons Of State Staff And Detachment; Number And Grades.
Section 192.08 — Qualifications Of Officers.
Section 192.105 — Officers; Selection, Assignment, Promotion.
Section 192.11 — Officers Have Powers And Duties Of United States Officers.
Section 192.13 — Supplies, How Issued; Bond.
Section 192.14 — Officers May Resign.
Section 192.17 — Officers May Be Placed In Inactive National Guard.
Section 192.19 — Retired Members May Be Ordered To Active Duty.
Section 192.205 — Enlistments.
Section 192.22 — Dishonorable Discharges.
Section 192.23 — Service Medals.
Section 192.25 — Exemption From Process.
Section 192.261 — Leave Of Absence.
Section 192.262 — Officers And Employees To Preserve Pension And Retirement Rights.
Section 192.263 — Vacancies To Be Filled Temporarily.
Section 192.264 — Supplementary.
Section 192.27 — Not Liable For Acts Performed Under Orders.
Section 192.28 — Firing Blank Cartridges On Mob Or Unlawful Assemblage.
Section 192.29 — Governor To Appoint Counsel.
Section 192.30 — Security For Costs.
Section 192.31 — Military Forces Not Restricted By Traffic Regulations.
Section 192.32 — Discrimination In Public Accommodations Or Public Services.
Section 192.325 — Discrimination Against Family Of Service Member; Unpaid Leave Required.
Section 192.33 — Action For Damages.
Section 192.34 — Discrimination With Respect To Employment.
Section 192.341 — State Enhanced Employer Support Of Guard And Reserve (esgr) Program.
Section 192.35 — Interference With Performance Of Military Duties.
Section 192.351 — Interference With Performance Of Military Duties While In Active Service.
Section 192.37 — Wrongful Disposition Of Property.
Section 192.38 — Illness, Injury, Or Death Of Member Of Military Forces; Compensation.
Section 192.381 — Adjutant General To Furnish An American Flag.
Section 192.382 — Honor Guards.
Section 192.40 — Governor To Appoint United States Property And Fiscal Officer.
Section 192.41 — State Quartermaster And Property Officer.
Section 192.43 — Distribution Of Equipment.
Section 192.49 — Pay And Allowances Of Officers And Organizations.
Section 192.501 — Financial Incentives For National Guard Members.
Section 192.502 — Protections.
Section 192.503 — Amateur Athletics.
Section 192.515 — National Guard Nonappropriated Fund Instrumentality.
Section 192.52 — Expenses Of Military Forces Ordered To Active Duty.
Section 192.525 — Postdeployment Health Assessments.
Section 192.54 — Transportation Hire And Expense.
Section 192.55 — Payments To Be Made Through Adjutant General.
Section 192.551 — Army Regulations To Apply.
Section 192.552 — State-sponsored Life Insurance Program.
Section 192.61 — Forms, Practice, Procedure.
Section 192.67 — Offenders; Transfer To Civil Authorities; Service Member Data.
Section 192.68 — Courts, Compensation; Disposition Of Fines.
Section 192.82 — Offenders May Be Committed To Jail.
Section 192.85 — Civil Officers Shall Be Guilty Of Misdemeanors For Refusal To Act.
Section 192.88 — National Guard Mutual Assistance Counterdrug Activities Compact.
Section 192.89 — Interstate Emergency Management Assistance Compact.
Section 192.90 — Interstate Assistance By Minnesota Responds Medical Reserve Corps.
Section 192.91 — Interstate Assistance By Local Governments.