Terms Used In Tennessee Code 58-1-114

  • Military department: means the military agency or division of the state, the composition of which is set forth in §. 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

That agency, division or department of the state government, comprising the headquarters of the military forces of the state as constituted and defined in § 58-1-104, and the emergency management agency, shall be known and is hereby designated as the military department. The adjutant general shall be the executive head of the military department and commanding general of the military forces of the state.