26-165. Service medals
A. An officer or enlisted person who has served as an active member of the national
guard for a period of ten years shall be awarded a long service medal, and for twenty
years service shall be awarded an exceptionally long service medal. At the completion of
each period of three years after receiving either medal, a star shall be awarded the
holder thereof.
B. The medals shall be awarded at the expense of the state by the governor, upon
application approved by the adjutant general and subject to such rules and regulations as
the adjutant general prescribes.
C. Officers and enlisted personnel of the national guard drafted into service of
the United States shall be allowed credit as continuous service in the national guard for
such service.
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