Terms Used In Tennessee Code 58-1-108

  • National guard: means the army national guard and the air national guard. See Tennessee Code 58-1-102
  • State: when applied to the different parts of the United States, includes the District of Columbia and the several territories of the United States. See Tennessee Code 1-3-105

The governor is authorized and empowered to call individual members of the national guard to active state duty with their consent, for the performance of any official duty in connection with national guard activities.