<br><br>38.090 Enlistment in Kentucky National Guard -- Oath -- Transfer -- Extension of <br>enlistments. <br>(1) All able-bodied citizens of the United States, of good character, who can read and <br>write the English language, who are between the ages of seventeen (17) and thirty-<br>five (35) years with no prior service; between thirty-six (36) and under thirty-eight <br>(38) with one (1) year of service; thirty-eight (38) and under forty-one (41) with two <br>(2) years of service and forty-one (41) and under fifty-seven (57) with two (2) years <br>plus the number of years applicant is over age forty (40), and who have passed the <br>required physical examination and who are not ineligible for enlistment or <br>reenlistment in the Armed Forces of the United States, subject to current United <br>States Armed Forces regulations covering enlistments and reenlistments, may be <br>enlisted or reenlisted in the Kentucky National Guard for a term of one (1) or more <br>years. <br>(2) No person dishonorably discharged or discharged without honor from the Armed <br>Forces of the United States shall be eligible for enlistment in the Kentucky National <br>Guard. <br>(3) Every person who enlists, extends his enlistment or reenlists shall sign and make <br>oath to an enlistment paper before any officer from any branch of the armed <br>services authorized to administer oaths. <br>(4) Enlisted persons may be transferred to or from organizations, as provided by <br>regulations. <br>(5) By order of the Governor in case of emergency, enlistments in the Kentucky <br>National Guard may be extended for one (1) year. <br>Effective: July 13, 1984 <br>History: Amended 1984 Ky. Acts ch. 414, sec. 46, effective July 13, 1984. -- Amended <br>1974 Ky. Acts ch. 108, sec. 15. -- Amended 1962 Ky. Acts ch. 47, sec. 4. -- <br>Amended 1954 Ky. Acts ch. 98, sec. 5. -- Recodified 1942 Ky. Acts ch. 208, sec. 1, <br>effective October 1, 1942, from Ky. Stat. secs. 2711a-174, 2711a-175, 2711a-176. <br><br>