New Mexico § 20-2-8 Honorary promotion upon retirement

New Mexico Statutes

§ 20-2-8 — Honorary promotion upon retirement

New Mexico § 20-2-8

Ch. 20Military Affairs

Art. 2Militia

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N.M. Stat. Ann. § 20-2-8 (2026).

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Members of the organized militia may be promoted by the governor to the next higher grade on the occasion of their retirement from service under the following conditions: A. that the member has honorably served either a total of thirty years in the federal military or organized militia combined or a minimum of twenty years in the organized militia, provided that no period of less than ten years in the state defense force shall be credited toward either of these requirements; and B. that the honorary promotion be requested by the member and be favorably recommended by the adjutant general.

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Members of the organized militia may be promoted by the governor to the next higher grade on the occasion of their retirement from service under the following conditions: A. that the member has honorably served either a total of thirty years in the federal military or organized militia combined or a minimum of twenty years in the organized militia, provided that no period of less than ten years in the state defense force shall be credited toward either of these requirements; and B. that the honorary promotion be requested by the member and be favorably recommended by the adjutant general.