                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA

OATH OF NATIONAL GUARD OFFICERS (§ 44-32)

Commissioned officers of the National Guard shall take and subscribe to the
following oath of office:
		&#8220;I&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;.… 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
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the National Guard of the
		United States and of the Commonwealth of Virginia, upon which I am about to
		enter; so help me God.&#8221;

HISTORY: 1930, p. 954; Michie Code 1942, § 2673(22); 1958, c. 393.