Standards for appointment, removal, etc., of officers of state armed forces; qualifications of federally recognized National Guard.

Officers of the armed forces of the state, including the Adjutant General, shall be appointed, and shall be subject to suspension, discharge, removal, or compulsory retirement as such solely on the basis of military proficiency, character, and service, as determined by Department of Defense regulations and the military usages sanctioned by the military laws of the United States. The qualifications of personnel of the federally recognized National Guard shall be as prescribed in pertinent regulations and policies of the United States Department of Defense.

(Acts 1973, No. 1038, p. 1572, §70.)