The Vermont Statutes Online
The Statutes below include the actions of the 2025 session of the General Assembly.
NOTE: The Vermont Statutes Online is an unofficial copy of the Vermont Statutes Annotated that is provided as a convenience.
Subchapter
002
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FEDERAL SERVICE
(Cite as: 20 V.S.A. § 641)
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§ 641. When and by whom called out
Upon the request of the President of the United States, and in case of war or invasion,
or to prevent insurrection or invasion, the Governor may call out as many of the Vermont
National Guard as the circumstances require. The National Guard, when ordered to prepare
for actual service, shall be administered and trained according to the laws of this
State and of the United States. On the termination of the emergency, all persons discharged
from the military service who were, upon draft into federal service, members of the
Vermont National Guard shall resume their membership in the Vermont National Guard,
and shall continue to serve in the Vermont National Guard until the dates upon which
their enlistments prior to their draft would have expired if uninterrupted. (Amended 1973, No. 223 (Adj. Sess.), § 9, eff. April 4, 1974; 2021, No. 10, § 34.)