                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA

APPOINTMENT AND PROMOTION OF OFFICERS (§ 44-27)

All officers of the National Guard shall be appointed and commissioned by the
Governor, through the Adjutant General.
		Within the organization, insofar as practicable, all appointments and
promotions shall be based on professional qualifications, efficiency, length of
service in grade, length of commissioned service, and demonstrated command and
staff ability at the appropriate level, and will be effected only when an
appropriate vacancy exists in the applicable table of organization and equipment
or table of organization or distribution.

HISTORY: 1930, p. 953; Michie Code 1942, § 2673(17); 1958, c. 393; 1964, c.
227; 1970, c. 662; 2011, cc. 572, 586.