Terms Used In Iowa Code 29A.15

  • Federal active duty: means full-time duty in the active military service of the United States authorized and performed under the provisions of Tit. See Iowa Code 29A.1
  • National guard: means the Iowa units, detachments and organizations of the army national guard of the United States, the air national guard of the United States, the army national guard, and the air national guard as those forces are defined in 10 U. See Iowa Code 29A.1
 The adjutant general, from the funds appropriated for the support and maintenance of the national guard, shall procure and issue to the members of the national guard merit or service badges or other appropriate awards for service under regulations and according to the design and pattern determined by the adjutant general. Members of the national guard who, by order of the president, serve in federal forces during a national emergency, may count the period of that federal active duty toward the procurement of a service badge.