California Military and Veterans Code ARTICLE 3 - Enlisted Men

• Section 250.
  The qualifications for enlistment and re-enlistment in the National Guard and the term and the form of oath shall at all times conform to the...
• Section 251.
  Every person who enlists or reenlists shall sign the enlistment papers and take the oath required by the laws and regulations of this State and...
• Section 252.
  Appointments of noncommissioned and petty officers shall conform to the tables of organization and to the rules and regulations prescribed by the United States for...
• Section 253.
  Privates, privates first class and noncommissioned officers shall be appointed within authorized allotments and pursuant to the rules and regulations prescribed by the United States...
• Section 254.
  Enlisted men and women may be transferred to or from organizations or units. Noncommissioned officers may be reduced one or more grades upon good cause...
• Section 255.
  Every enlisted man and woman who enters the National Guard or who is a member of the unorganized militia when called into the service of...
• Section 256.
  (a)  An enlisted member of the California National Guard who has served 20 years in the active service of the state may, on application, in...
• Section 257.
  When an enlisted man or woman of the National Guard is sixty-four years of age, he or she shall be retired from active service or...
• Section 258.
  In time of war or other emergency or imminent danger thereof, the Governor may detail retired enlisted men and women to active duty and on...
• Section 259.
  Separation from service of an enlisted man or woman of the National Guard or the unorganized militia called into active service is effected by death...
• Section 260.
  The following shall be causes for discharge of enlisted personnel:(a) Expiration of term of service. (b) Attainment of the age of 64 years. (c) Acceptance of appointment as...
• Section 261.
  (a) Except as provided in subdivision (b), the discharge of enlisted personnel under the provisions of Section 260 shall be effected by order of the Governor,...
• Section 262.
  An enlisted man or woman discharged from the National Guard or the unorganized militia when called or ordered into active service of the state shall...
• Section 263.
  When an enlisted man or woman of the National Guard or the unorganized militia called into active service is absent without leave and there is...
• Section 264.
  With the express authority of the Governor, a deserter may be dropped from the rolls of his organization. Any soldier discovered to be a deserter...
• Section 265.
  Lists of deserters shall be published by The Adjutant General in orders, from time to time as the Governor directs.(Enacted by Stats. 1935, Ch. 389.)
• Section 266.
  An enlisted man or woman who has been dropped as a deserter shall not be restored to duty without prior disposition of the charge of...
• Section 267.
  A deserter shall not be restored to duty without trial except by the Governor or by an officer authorized to appoint a general court-martial. Restoration...
• Section 268.
  All time lost while absent without leave or in desertion, in excess of twenty-four hours, shall be made good unless the enlisted man or woman...
• Section 269.
  No enlisted man or woman who has been dishonorably discharged from the military or naval service of this state, or of another state, territory or...

Last modified: October 22, 2018