Terms Used In Iowa Code 29A.4

  • Law and regulations: means and includes state and federal law and regulations. See Iowa Code 29A.1
  • Militia: shall mean the forces provided for in the Constitution of the State of Iowa. 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
  • Organization: means a command composed of two or more subordinate units and includes the state headquarters for both the army and the air national guard, one or more divisions, wings, brigades, groups, battalions, squadrons or flights as defined by an appropriate table of organization, a table of distribution or unit personnel document. See Iowa Code 29A.1
  • State active duty: means duty authorized and performed under section 29A. See Iowa Code 29A.1
 The organization, armament, equipment, and discipline of the national guard, and the militia when called into state active duty, except as specifically provided in this chapter, shall be the same as that which is now or may be hereafter prescribed under the provisions of federal law and regulations as to those requirements which are mandatory under federal law and regulation, but as to those things which are optional under federal law and regulation they shall become effective when an order or regulation to that effect is promulgated by the governor.