Virginia Code 44-32: Oath of National Guard officers
Commissioned officers of the National Guard shall take and subscribe to the following oath of office:
Terms Used In Virginia Code 44-32
- Obligation: An order placed, contract awarded, service received, or similar transaction during a given period that will require payments during the same or a future period.
- United States: includes the 50 states, the District of Columbia the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, Guam, the Northern Mariana Islands and the United States Virgin Islands. See Virginia Code 1-255
“I……………………….… do solemnly swear that I will support and
defend the Constitution of the United States and the Constitution of the
Commonwealth of Virginia, 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 Commonwealth
of Virginia; that I make this obligation freely, without 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
United States and of the Commonwealth of Virginia, upon which I am about to
enter; so help me God.”
1930, p. 954; Michie Code 1942, § 2673(22); 1958, c. 393.