§ 30-3-38. Retirement of officers.
(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 him or her at the time of retirement.
(b) Any commissioned officer of the national guard who shall have served in the militia of the state for ten (10) years, or who shall have served as an enlisted person or officer for thirteen (13) years, may, upon his or her own application to the commander-in-chief, be placed upon the list of retired officers and withdrawn from active service with the highest rank held by that officer.
(c) In computing the time necessary for retirement, officers shall be credited for all service in the United States Army, Navy, Air Force, Marine Corps, and Coast Guard, and the Rhode Island state guard in time of war.
(d) These officers shall be borne on the rolls of the national guard and, during any emergency, may be placed on duty by the governor.
History of Section.G.L. 1956, § 30-3-38; P.L. 1965, ch. 71, § 1; P.L. 1980, ch. 327, § 1.
Structure Rhode Island General Laws
Title 30 - Military Affairs and Defense
Section 30-3-1. - Composition and organization.
Section 30-3-2. - Emergency increase.
Section 30-3-3. - Protection of designations.
Section 30-3-4. - Personnel of disbanded organizations.
Section 30-3-5. - Minimum strength of organizations.
Section 30-3-7. - Appropriation for unit funds.
Section 30-3-8. - Inactive national guard.
Section 30-3-9. - Qualifications of officers.
Section 30-3-10. - Appointment and assignment of officers.
Section 30-3-11. - Classes from which commissioned officers selected.
Section 30-3-12. - Oath of officers.
Section 30-3-13. - Previous military experience of officers — Retirement — Vacancies.
Section 30-3-14. - Qualifications of medical officers, judge advocates, and chaplains.
Section 30-3-15. - Qualifications of warrant officers.
Section 30-3-16. - Resignation of officers.
Section 30-3-17. - Uniforms and equipment of officers.
Section 30-3-18. - Allowances for guard officers.
Section 30-3-19. - Allowances for staff officers.
Section 30-3-20. - Relative rank of officers.
Section 30-3-21. - Efficiency boards.
Section 30-3-22. - Physical fitness boards.
Section 30-3-23. - Dismissal of officers.
Section 30-3-24. - Discharge of officers.
Section 30-3-25. - Revocation of commission or warrant — Right to trial by court-martial.
Section 30-3-26. - Unassigned list of officers.
Section 30-3-27. - Qualifications of enlisted persons.
Section 30-3-28. - Transfer of enlisted persons.
Section 30-3-29. - Means of separation of enlisted persons.
Section 30-3-30. - Causes for discharge of enlisted persons.
Section 30-3-31. - Dishonorable discharge of enlisted persons.
Section 30-3-33. - Promotion and reduction of enlisted persons.
Section 30-3-34. - Detail of retired enlisted persons to duty.
Section 30-3-35. - Oath of enlistment — False statements.
Section 30-3-36. - Retirement or discharge of national guard at maximum age.
Section 30-3-37. - Retirement of enlisted persons.
Section 30-3-38. - Retirement of officers.
Section 30-3-39. - Disability retirement.
Section 30-3-40. - Entitlement to educational benefits.
Section 30-3-40.1. - Limitations and distribution of educational benefits.
Section 30-3-40.2. - Termination of educational benefits.
Section 30-3-40.3. - Educational benefits for National Guard members.
Section 30-3-40.4. - Payment of life insurance premiums.
Section 30-3-40.5. - Tuition to children of National Guard members dying as a result of service.
Section 30-3-41. - The Rhode Island Military Family Relief Fund.