{"data":{"id":"us/32-u.s.c.-312","jurisdiction":"us","citation":"32 U.S.C. § 312","heading":"Appointment oath","body":"Each person who is appointed as an officer of the National Guard shall subscribe to the following oath: “I, ______, do solemnly swear (or affirm) that I will support and defend the Constitution of the United States and the Constitution of the State of ______ 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 State of ______, that I make this obligation freely, without any mental reservation or purpose of evasion, and that I will well and faithfully discharge the duties of the office of ____ in the National Guard of the State of ______ upon which I am about to enter, so help me God.”","path":["Title 32—NATIONAL GUARD","CHAPTER 3—PERSONNEL"],"source_url":"https://uscode.house.gov/download/releasepoints/us/pl/119/103/xml_usc32@119-103.zip","current_through":"Public Law 119-103 (09/02/2026)","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-10T05:59:03Z","sha256":"f4236e5ab40ed908466f50f80eda85fd78ba0df22d84c7d95fda0bc5dadbf087","source_id":"us","stale":false,"prev":"us/32-u.s.c.-310","next":"us/32-u.s.c.-313"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}