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U.S. Code as of:
01/19/04
Section 502. Required drills and field exercises
(a) Under regulations to be prescribed by the Secretary of the
Army or the Secretary of the Air Force, as the case may be, each
company, battery, squadron, and detachment of the National Guard,
unless excused by the Secretary concerned, shall -
(1) assemble for drill and instruction, including indoor target
practice, at least 48 times each year; and
(2) participate in training at encampments, maneuvers, outdoor
target practice, or other exercises, at least 15 days each year.
However, no member of such unit who has served on active duty for
one year or longer shall be required to participate in such
training if the first day of such training period falls during the
last one hundred and twenty days of his required membership in the
National Guard.
(b) An assembly for drill and instruction may consist of a single
ordered formation of a company, battery, squadron, or detachment,
or, when authorized by the Secretary concerned, a series of ordered
formations of parts of those organizations. However, to have a
series of formations credited as an assembly for drill and
instruction, all parts of the unit must be included in the series
within 90 consecutive days.
(c) The total attendance at the series of formations constituting
an assembly shall be counted as the attendance at that assembly for
the required period. No member may be counted more than once or
receive credit for more than one required period of attendance,
regardless of the number of formations that he attends during the
series constituting the assembly for the required period.
(d) No organization may receive credit for an assembly for drill
or indoor target practice unless -
(1) the number of members present equals or exceeds the minimum
number prescribed by the President;
(2) the period of military duty or instruction for which a
member is credited is at least one and one-half hours; and
(3) the training is of the type prescribed by the Secretary
concerned.
(e) An appropriately rated member of the National Guard who
performs an aerial flight under competent orders may receive credit
for attending drill for the purposes of this section, if the flight
prevented him from attending a regularly scheduled drill.
(f) Under regulations to be prescribed by the Secretary of the
Army or Secretary of the Air Force, as the case may be, a member of
the National Guard may -
(1) without his consent, but with the pay and allowances
provided by law; or
(2) with his consent, either with or without pay and
allowances;
be ordered to perform training or other duty in addition to that
prescribed under subsection (a). Duty without pay shall be
considered for all purposes as if it were duty with pay.
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