Effective: September 18, 1997
Latest Legislation: Senate Bill 130 - 122nd General Assembly
(A) All commissioned and warrant officers of the Ohio national guard shall be appointed by the governor as commander in chief and shall be commissioned or warranted according to grade under the regulations of the department of the army or air force and the national guard bureau.
(B) No officer shall be commissioned or warranted until the officer has successfully passed tests as to physical, moral, and professional fitness as prescribed by regulations promulgated under federal law for federal recognition as a commissioned or warrant officer.
(C) General officers shall be appointed from the federally recognized eligible commissioned officers of the army or air national guard of this state or of another component of the armed forces of the United States, who have served at least fifteen years as a commissioned officer in the army or air national guard or in another component of the armed forces of the United States, or both.
Structure Ohio Revised Code
Title 59 | Veterans-Military Affairs
Chapter 5919 | Ohio National Guard
Section 5919.01 | Composition and Organization of Ohio National Guard.
Section 5919.02 | Officers Appointed by Governor.
Section 5919.04 | Regulations and Other Publications Governing Appointments.
Section 5919.05 | Commissioned Officers of Ohio National Guard Shall Take and Subscribe to Oath.
Section 5919.06 | Persons Eligible for Commission.
Section 5919.07 | Warrant Officers.
Section 5919.071 | Federal Recognition of Commission.
Section 5919.08 | Noncommissioned Officers.
Section 5919.09 | Period of Enlistments.
Section 5919.10 | Enlistment Contract and Oath of Enlistment Prerequisite for Enlisting.
Section 5919.11 | Officers Authorized to Administer Oaths.
Section 5919.12 | Honorable Discharge of Officer.
Section 5919.13 | Retired Officers List.
Section 5919.14 | Determination of Fitness of Officer.
Section 5919.15 | Transfer to Inactive National Guard.
Section 5919.16 | Discharge of Officer.
Section 5919.17 | Discharge of Enlisted Person.
Section 5919.19 | Commemorative Ohio National Guard Service Medal.
Section 5919.20 | National Guard Service Medal Fund.
Section 5919.22 | Publications Governing Discharge of Enlisted Person.
Section 5919.23 | Creation of Additional Units - Drafting.
Section 5919.24 | Resisting an Order or Giving Aid to Public Enemy.
Section 5919.25 | Uniforms, Arms, and Equipment.
Section 5919.27 | Bonds of Officers.
Section 5919.28 | Tactics, Field Exercises, Training and Evaluation.
Section 5919.29 | Governor May Order Military Training or Duty.
Section 5919.30 | Inspections.
Section 5919.31 | Reimbursement of Active Duty Members for Life Insurance Premiums.
Section 5919.32 | Pay and Allowances of Officers and Enlisted Personnel.
Section 5919.33 | Death Benefits.
Section 5919.34 | Ohio National Guard Scholarship Program.
Section 5919.341 | National Guard Scholarship Reserve Fund.
Section 5919.342 | National Guard Scholarship Donation Fund.
Section 5919.35 | Applicability of Drug Laws.
Section 5919.36 | Ohio National Guard Facility Maintenance Fund.