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...(A) The adjutant general may issue regulations and other publications governing the appointment of officers in the Ohio national guard and all other matters as necessary to conform to the requirements made or authorized by congress for participation in federal appropriations for the national guard. (B) In issuing regulations and other publications under division (A) of this section, the adjutant general need not com...

...Commissioned officers of the Ohio national guard shall take and subscribe to the following oath of office: "I,___________, do solemnly swear that I will support and defend the constitution of the United States and the constitution of the state of Ohio, against all enemies, foreign and domestic; that I will bear true faith and allegiance to the same; that I will obey the orders of the president of the United States a...

...Persons shall be commissioned as officers of the Ohio national guard as provided under army, air force, and national guard regulations.

...When authorized by the federal government, warrant officers may be appointed by the governor under such regulations as are prescribed by the federal government.

...Any person, commissioned or warranted as an officer in the Ohio national guard, shall hold the commission or warrant during the period of the person's federal recognition. The termination or withdrawal by the department of the army or air force of the federal recognition of any commissioned or warrant officer in the army or air national guard of the United States shall terminate the person's commission or warrant in ...

...All noncommissioned officers of the Ohio national guard shall be appointed as prescribed by appropriate armed forces regulations.

...Enlistments in the Ohio national guard shall be for the period prescribed by act of congress and publications of the department of the army or air force and national guard bureau.

...and the regulations and uniform code of military justice." This section shall not apply to personnel transferred or assigned to the Ohio national guard under the laws and regulations of the United States.

...All commissioned officers and warrant officers of the Ohio national guard and the armed forces of the United States may administer oaths and affirmations in the appointment or enlistment of officers and soldiers of the Ohio national guard.

...A commissioned or warrant officer of the Ohio national guard may be honorably discharged by the governor as commander in chief upon the officer's resignation, in conformity with the requirements of the department of the army or air force and the national guard bureau, but the officer shall not be discharged until the officer has accounted for all state and United States property and all public moneys for which the of...

...(A) Any commissioned or warrant officer who has served as a member of the Ohio national guard for a period of twenty years, eight of which have been as a commissioned or warrant officer, may at the officer's request, and shall upon termination of the officer's federal recognition, be placed upon the retired list, which shall be kept in the office of the adjutant general. (B) Retired officers shall receive no compens...

...(A) At any time the moral character, capacity, and general fitness for service of any Ohio national guard officer may be determined by a board of officers, which shall be convened and proceed according to publications of the department of the army or air force and the national guard bureau. (B) A board of officers convened under division (A) of this section is not a public body subject to section 121.22 of the Revis...

...Commissioned officers, warrant officers, and enlisted personnel of the Ohio national guard may be transferred to the inactive national guard under regulations that the national guard bureau prescribes.

...(A) Commissioned and warrant officers in the Ohio national guard shall be discharged by the adjutant general upon either of the following: (1) The officer's resignation; (2) Approval of a board's recommendation for withdrawal of federal recognition by the chief of the national guard bureau. (B) An officer also may be discharged under any of the following circumstances: (1) Pursuant to other federal regulations; ...

...(A) An enlisted person discharged from service in the Ohio national guard shall receive a discharge, in writing, in the form and with the characterization prescribed by the army or air force. In time of peace, discharges may be given before the expiration of terms of enlistment, under prescribed regulations, subject to any restrictions contained in publications of the department of the army or air force and the natio...

...(A) There is hereby created the commemorative Ohio national guard service medal. The adjutant general shall design the medal and administer the program for its distribution. Former members of the Ohio national guard who have been honorably or medically discharged or released from service in the Ohio national guard are eligible, upon application, to receive the medal. Eligible persons who apply to receive the medal s...

...There is hereby created in the state treasury the national guard service medal fund. The fund shall consist of all amounts received from the purchase of Ohio national guard service medals for eligible national guard service members as authorized by the general assembly. The moneys in the fund shall be used to purchase additional medals. Investment earnings of the fund shall be credited to the fund.

...No enlisted person may be discharged from the Ohio national guard except as provided by publications of the department of the army or air force and the national guard bureau.

...se the Ohio national guard and the Ohio military reserve by the creation of such additional units as he deems necessary; and he may proceed in such manner as rules prescribe for the drafting into the organized militia of all such portions of the militia of the state as he deems necessary in any such emergency.

...attempt to injure or destroy any of the military property of the state, or any public building, means or facility of transportation, or any public work within the state, with intent to impede the military forces of this state, or to assist the public enemy of the state or the United States, shall, upon conviction, be punished in such manner as a court-martial directs.

...The Ohio national guard, as far as practicable, shall be uniformed, armed, and equipped with the same type of uniforms, arms, and equipment as is provided for the United States air force or army.

...The adjutant general shall provide the reports to be made by the officers of the Ohio national guard, which requirements shall, as far as practicable, be in similar form to the reports required under the regulations of the government for the armed forces of the United States.

...The adjutant general shall provide the form and fix the amount of the bonds required of officers of the Ohio national guard, and pass upon the sufficiency of the sureties. If a surety bond is given, the premium therefor shall be paid out of the Ohio national guard maintenance fund. The adjutant general may require a new bond to be give if in his opinion the surety upon any existing bond has become insufficient.

...The system of tactics, field exercises, and training and evaluation for the United States army or air force shall be the system of tactics, field exercises, and training and evaluation for the Ohio national guard.

...(A) The governor as commander in chief may order individuals and units of the Ohio national guard to perform any training or duty authorized under the "Act of August 10, 1956," 70A Stat. 596, 32 U.S.C.A. 101 to 716, and under regulations prescribed by the president of the United States, the secretary of defense, the secretary of the army, the secretary of the air force, or the chief of the national guard bureau...