                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA

APPOINTMENT AND PROMOTION OF OFFICERS (§ 44-27)

All officers of the National Guard shall be appointed and commissioned by the
Governor, through the Adjutant General.

Within the organization, insofar as practicable, all appointments and promotions
shall be based on professional qualifications, efficiency, length of service in
grade, length of commissioned service, and demonstrated command and staff
ability at the appropriate level, and will be effected only when an appropriate
vacancy exists in the applicable table of organization and equipment or table of
organization or distribution.

HISTORY: 1930, p. 953; Michie Code 1942, § 2673(17); 1958, c. 393; 1964, c.
227; 1970, c. 662; 2011, cc. 572, 586.