§121-12  Staff for military components,
organization.  (a)  The headquarters staff of the national guard shall be
composed of the army national guard component, which shall include a selective
service section, and the air national guard component.  The headquarters shall
be staffed by such officers, warrant officers and enlisted personnel, in the
grades and branches of service as may be authorized by the secretaries of the
army and the air force.  The army division and the air division shall each be
headed by an assistant adjutant general, who shall, while holding the office,
have a grade no higher than brigadier general.  The assistant adjutants
general, when in the full-time employment of the department of defense, may
receive the pay and allowance of their grade as fixed by the tables of the
regular army or air force of the United States.



(b)  The army national guard shall be organized
and equipped as prescribed from time to time by the secretary of the army. 
Subject to the foregoing, it shall consist of not less than one brigade, or the
equivalent thereof, to be organized by the order of the governor and be located
throughout the State in accordance with military needs.



(c)  The air national guard shall be organized
and equipped as prescribed from time to time by the secretary of the air force.



(d)  The inactive national guard consists of
officers, warrant officers, and enlisted personnel transferred to it from the
national guard in accordance with regulations promulgated by the secretaries of
the army and the air force as appropriate.  Members shall be assigned
appropriately within the state headquarters for administration only, and
attached to an active unit or organization for potential assignment and service
with the unit or organization. [L 1967, c 196, pt of §1; HRS §121-12; am L
1969, c 15, §1(b)]