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[CITE: 32USC304]

 
                        TITLE 32--NATIONAL GUARD
 
                          CHAPTER 3--PERSONNEL
 
Sec. 304. Enlistment oath

    Each person enlisting in the National Guard shall sign an enlistment 
contract and subscribe to the following oath:
        ``I do hereby acknowledge to have voluntarily enlisted this ____ 
    day of ________, 19__, in the ____________ National Guard of the 
    State of ____________ for a period of ____ year(s) under the 
    conditions prescribed by law, unless sooner discharged by proper 
    authority.
        ``I, ________________, do solemnly swear (or affirm) that I will 
    support and defend the Constitution of the United States and of the 
    State of ____________ against all enemies, foreign and domestic; 
    that I will bear true faith and allegiance to them; and that I will 
    obey the orders of the President of the United States and the 
    Governor of ____________ and the orders of the officers appointed 
    over me, according to law and regulations. So help me God.''

The oath may be taken before any officer of the National Guard of the 
State or Territory, or of Puerto Rico, or the District of Columbia, as 
the case may be, or before any other person authorized by the law of the 
jurisdiction concerned to administer oaths of enlistment in the National 
Guard.

(Aug. 10, 1956, ch. 1041, 70A Stat. 602; Pub. L. 87-751, Sec. 2, Oct. 5, 
1962, 76 Stat. 748; Pub. L. 100-456, div. A, title XII, Sec. 1234(b)(1), 
Sept. 29, 1988, 102 Stat. 2059.)

                                          Historical and Revision Notes
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            Revised section                      Source (U.S. Code)            
   Source (Statutes at Large)
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304...................................  32:123.                              Ju
ne 3, 1916, ch. 134, Sec.  70;
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estated June 4, 1920, ch. 227,
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ubch. I, Sec.  38; restated June
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5, 1933, ch. 87, Sec.  8, 48
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tat. 156; June 19, 1935, ch. 277,
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ec.  3, 49 Stat. 391; July 9,
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952, ch. 608, Sec.  806(b), 66
                                                                              S
tat. 506.
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    The words ``or affirmation'' are omitted as covered by the 
definition of the word ``oath'' in section 1 of title 1. The words 
``Each person'' are substituted for the word ``Men''. The words 
``____________ National Guard'' are substituted for the words ``National 
Guard (Air National Guard)''.


                               Amendments

    1988--Pub. L. 100-456 struck out ``the Canal Zone,'' after ``Puerto 
Rico,''.
    1962--Pub. L. 87-751 substituted ``support and defend the 
Constitution of the United States and of the State of ____________ 
against all enemies, foreign and domestic; that I will bear true faith 
and allegiance to them'' for ``bear true faith and allegiance to the 
United States of America and to the State of ____________: That I will 
serve them honestly and faithfully against all their enemies 
whomsoever'' and inserted ``So help me God.''


                    Effective Date of 1962 Amendment

    Amendment by Pub. L. 87-751 not to effect any oath taken before one 
year after Oct. 5, 1962, see section 3 of Pub. L. 87-751, set out as a 
note under section 502 of Title 10, Armed Forces.

                  Section Referred to in Other Sections

    This section is referred to in title 10 section 12107.
