2011 US Code
Title 32 - National Guard
Chapter 3 - PERSONNEL (§§ 301 - 335)
Section 304 - Enlistment oath
View Metadata| Publication Title | United States Code, 2006 Edition, Supplement 5, Title 32 - NATIONAL GUARD |
| Category | Bills and Statutes |
| Collection | United States Code |
| SuDoc Class Number | Y 1.2/5: |
| Contained Within | Title 32 - NATIONAL GUARD CHAPTER 3 - PERSONNEL Sec. 304 - Enlistment oath |
| Contains | section 304 |
| Date | 2011 |
| Laws in Effect as of Date | January 3, 2012 |
| Positive Law | Yes |
| Disposition | standard |
| Source Credit | Aug. 10, 1956, ch. 1041, 70A Stat. 602; Pub. L. 87-751, §2, Oct. 5, 1962, 76 Stat. 748; Pub. L. 100-456, div. A, title XII, §1234(b)(1), Sept. 29, 1988, 102 Stat. 2059. |
| Statutes at Large References | 48 Stat. 156 49 Stat. 391 66 Stat. 506 76 Stat. 748 102 Stat. 2059 |
| Public Law References | Public Law 87-751, Public Law 100-456 |
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Each person enlisting in the National Guard shall sign an enlistment contract and subscribe to the following oath:
“I do hereby acknowledge to have voluntarily enlisted this ____ day of ________, 19__, in the ____________ National Guard of the State of ____________ for a period of ____ year(s) under the conditions prescribed by law, unless sooner discharged by proper authority.
“I, ________________, do solemnly swear (or affirm) that I will support and defend the Constitution of the United States and of the State of ____________ against all enemies, foreign and domestic; that I will bear true faith and allegiance to them; and that I will obey the orders of the President of the United States and the Governor of ____________ and the orders of the officers appointed over me, according to law and regulations. So help me God.”
The oath may be taken before any officer of the National Guard of the State or Territory, or of Puerto Rico, or the District of Columbia, as the case may be, or before any other person authorized by the law of the jurisdiction concerned to administer oaths of enlistment in the National Guard.
(Aug. 10, 1956, ch. 1041, 70A Stat. 602; Pub. L. 87–751, §2, Oct. 5, 1962, 76 Stat. 748; Pub. L. 100–456, div. A, title XII, §1234(b)(1), Sept. 29, 1988, 102 Stat. 2059.)
| Revised section | Source (U.S. Code) | Source (Statutes at Large) |
|---|---|---|
| 304 | 32:123. | June 3, 1916, ch. 134, §70; restated June 4, 1920, ch. 227, subch. I, §38; restated June 15, 1933, ch. 87, §8, 48 Stat. 156; June 19, 1935, ch. 277, §3, 49 Stat. 391; July 9, 1952, ch. 608, §806(b), 66 Stat. 506. |
The words “or affirmation” are omitted as covered by the definition of the word “oath” in section 1 of title 1. The words “Each person” are substituted for the word “Men”. The words “____________ National Guard” are substituted for the words “National Guard (Air National Guard)”.
Amendments1988—Pub. L. 100–456 struck out “the Canal Zone,” after “Puerto Rico,”.
1962—Pub. L. 87–751 substituted “support and defend the Constitution of the United States and of the State of ____________ against all enemies, foreign and domestic; that I will bear true faith and allegiance to them” for “bear true faith and allegiance to the United States of America and to the State of ____________: That I will serve them honestly and faithfully against all their enemies whomsoever” and inserted “So help me God.”
Effective Date of 1962 AmendmentAmendment by Pub. L. 87–751 not to effect any oath taken before one year after Oct. 5, 1962, see section 3 of Pub. L. 87–751, set out as a note under section 502 of Title 10, Armed Forces.
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