32 USC § 312 - Appointment oath

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title: "32 USC § 312 - Appointment oath"
title_number: 32
title_name: "NATIONAL GUARD"
section_number: "312"
section_name: "Appointment oath"
chapter_number: 3
chapter_name: "PERSONNEL"
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currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2026-03-26"
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source_credit: "(Aug. 10, 1956, ch. 1041, 70A Stat. 603.)"
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# § 312. Appointment oath

Each person who is appointed as an officer of the National Guard shall subscribe to the following oath:

“I, ______, do solemnly swear (or affirm) that I will support and defend the Constitution of the United States and the Constitution of the State of ______ against all enemies, foreign and domestic; that I will bear true faith and allegiance to the same; that I will obey the orders of the President of the United States and of the Governor of the State of ______, that I make this obligation freely, without any mental reservation or purpose of evasion, and that I will well and faithfully discharge the duties of the office of ____ in the National Guard of the State of ______ upon which I am about to enter, so help me God.”

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**Source Credit**: (Aug. 10, 1956, ch. 1041, 70A Stat. 603.)

| Revised section | Source (U.S. Code) | Source (Statutes at Large) |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 312 | 32:112. | June 3, 1916, ch. 134, § 73 (1st par.); restated June 15, 1933, ch. 87, § 11 (1st par.), 48 Stat. 157; July 9, 1952, ch. 608, § 806(c), 66 Stat. 507. |

The words “Each person who is appointed as an” are inserted for clarity.