10 USC § 12215 - Commissioned officers: reserve grade of adjutants general and assistant adjutants general

---
identifier: "/us/usc/t10/s12215"
source: "usc"
legal_status: "official_legal_evidence"
title: "10 USC § 12215 - Commissioned officers: reserve grade of adjutants general and assistant adjutants general"
title_number: 10
title_name: "ARMED FORCES"
section_number: "12215"
section_name: "Commissioned officers: reserve grade of adjutants general and assistant adjutants general"
chapter_number: 1205
chapter_name: "APPOINTMENT OF RESERVE OFFICERS"
part_number: "II"
part_name: "PERSONNEL GENERALLY"
positive_law: true
currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2026-04-17"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
source_credit: "(Added Pub. L. 103–337, div. A, title XVI, § 1662(c)(1), Oct. 5, 1994, 108 Stat. 2990.)"
---


# § 12215. Commissioned officers: reserve grade of adjutants general and assistant adjutants general

**(a)** The adjutant general or an assistant adjutant general of the Army National Guard of a State may, upon being extended Federal recognition, be appointed as a reserve officer of the Army as of the date on which he is so recognized.

**(b)** The adjutant general or an assistant adjutant general of the Air National Guard of a State may be appointed in the reserve commissioned grade in which Federal recognition in the Air National Guard is extended to him.

---

**Source Credit**: (Added Pub. L. 103–337, div. A, title XVI, § 1662(c)(1), Oct. 5, 1994, 108 Stat. 2990.)

## Editorial Notes

### Prior Provisions

Provisions similar to those in this section were contained in sections 3392 and 8392 of this title, prior to repeal by , (c)(1).

## Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

### Effective Date

Section effective , except as otherwise provided, see , set out as a note under .