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relieved;\n\n2\n\nOfficers or enlisted persons in the guard who have been honorably discharged and have served for at least ten years in active service of the guard, or ten years computing the period served in the Virginia National Guard and the period of active service in the United States armed forces.\n\t\t\tOfficers who have served honorably and efficiently in the Virginia National Guard or the Virginia militia shall be commissioned on the retired list of the Virginia militia, unorganized, in their respective grade, or the highest grade held by them in the military service of the Commonwealth, except that officers who have to their credit fifteen years or more of exemplary service may, at the discretion of the Adjutant General, be retired with commission of the next higher grade to the highest grade held by them in the military service of the Commonwealth of Virginia.\n\n\t\t\tWarrant officers and noncommissioned officers shall be placed on the retired list with the highest rank 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The record of this law\u2019s original creation isn\u2019t available online. It has been modified 3 times. Those modifications are cataloged by \u201cThe Acts of Assembly,\u201d a state publication, by year and chapter. Those modifications that can be read on the General Assembly\u2019s website will be linked accordingly. Those modifications are as follows: in 1958, chapter 393; in 1983, chapter 157; in 2015, chapter 221<\/a>.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":1448755,"object_type":"law","relational_id":363746,"identifier":"44-119","token":"44\/1\/13\/44-119","url":"\/44-119\/","edition_id":2,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/44-119\/","token":"44\/1\/13\/44-119","dublin_core":{"Title":"Retired list of officers, warrant officers and enlisted persons","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 44-119","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

There shall be a retired list of officers, warrant officers and enlisted persons of the Virginia National Guard.

\t\tThe following persons, upon their written applications through regular military channels to the Adjutant General, may be placed on the retired list of the Virginia National Guard:<\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

1.<\/span> Former Adjutant Generals who have resigned or been relieved; <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

2.<\/span> Officers or enlisted persons in the guard who have been honorably discharged and have served for at least ten years in active service of the guard, or ten years computing the period served in the Virginia National Guard and the period of active service in the United States armed forces.\n\t\t\tOfficers who have served honorably and efficiently in the Virginia National Guard or the Virginia militia shall be commissioned on the retired list of the Virginia militia, unorganized, in their respective grade, or the highest grade held by them in the military service of the Commonwealth, except that officers who have to their credit fifteen years or more of exemplary service may, at the discretion of the Adjutant General, be retired with commission of the next higher grade to the highest grade held by them in the military service of the Commonwealth of Virginia.

\t\t\tWarrant officers and noncommissioned officers shall be placed on the retired list with the highest rank held by them in the Virginia National Guard.

\t\t\tReentry into the active military service of the Commonwealth or of the United States shall discharge officers, warrant officers and enlisted persons from the retired list, and for any future retirement new application shall be made. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nRETIRED LIST OF OFFICERS, WARRANT OFFICERS AND ENLISTED PERSONS (\u00a7 44-119)\n\nThere shall be a retired list of officers, warrant officers and enlisted persons\nof the Virginia National Guard.\t\tThe following persons, upon their written\napplications through regular military channels to the Adjutant General, may be\nplaced on the retired list of the Virginia National Guard:\n\n1. Former Adjutant Generals who have resigned or been relieved;\n\n2. Officers or enlisted persons in the guard who have been honorably discharged\nand have served for at least ten years in active service of the guard, or ten\nyears computing the period served in the Virginia National Guard and the period\nof active service in the United States armed forces.\n\t\t\tOfficers who have served honorably and efficiently in the Virginia National\nGuard or the Virginia militia shall be commissioned on the retired list of the\nVirginia militia, unorganized, in their respective grade, or the highest grade\nheld by them in the military service of the Commonwealth, except that officers\nwho have to their credit fifteen years or more of exemplary service may, at the\ndiscretion of the Adjutant General, be retired with commission of the next\nhigher grade to the highest grade held by them in the military service of the\nCommonwealth of Virginia.\t\t\tWarrant officers and noncommissioned officers shall\nbe placed on the retired list with the highest rank held by them in the Virginia\nNational Guard.\t\t\tReentry into the active military service of the Commonwealth\nor of the United States shall discharge officers, warrant officers and enlisted\npersons from the retired list, and for any future retirement new application\nshall be made.\n\nHISTORY: 1930, p. 971; Michie Code 1942, \u00a7 2673(104); 1958, c. 393; 1983, c.\n157; 2015, c. 221.","edition":{"id":2,"name":"2026","slug":"2026","date_created":"2026-07-16 18:40:23","date_modified":"2026-08-02 15:14:36","current":1,"order_by":2,"last_import":"2026-08-02 12:37:30"}}