§ 19-7-101 — Definitions

Wyoming § 19-7-101

• Jurisdiction: Wyoming
• Title 19: Defense Forces and Affairs
• Ch. 7: ADMINISTRATION
• Art. 1: GENERAL PROVISIONS

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(a) As used in this act:
(i) "Militia" means all the active and potential
military forces of the state, whether organized or unorganized;
(ii) Whenever reference is made in the articles of
the Uniform Code of Military Justice to "military service" or to
the "armed forces" of the United States, the reference is deemed
to include all "military service," including "active state
service" and the "organized militia" of this state;
(iii) "Wyoming national guard" means the army
national guard and the air national guard;
(iv) "Military department" means the adjutant
general, state military affairs and those divisions that may be
authorized by federal or state authority;
(v) "Active state service" means service on behalf of
the state wherever called upon in aid of civil authorities,
under martial law, at encampments ordered by state authority or
upon any other duty requiring the entire time of the
organization or person, including state active duty and duty
under title 32, United States Code, except when called or
ordered into the federal service of the United States under
title 10, United States Code;
(vi) Repealed by Laws 2003, Ch. 19, § 2.
(vii) "Officer" means commissioned officers and
warrant officers;
(viii) "State active duty" means service on behalf of
the state under the command of the governor excluding service
while in status under title 32, United States Code, or while in
federal service under title 10 of the United States Code;
(ix) "Enlisted member" means a member at military pay
grades E-1 through E-9, as defined by federal rule and
regulation;
(x) "Membership" means an officer's or enlisted
member's status when officially serving in the Wyoming national
guard as a military member commencing with the date of initial
appointment or enlistment, as applicable, extending through the
date of discharge, and is not restricted or limited by service
in any specified duty position;
(xi) "Discharge" or "separate" means to separate a
member from the organization;
(xii) "This act" means title 19;
(xiii) "State security officer" means a person
employed by the military department whose primary duties include
being armed and securing military assets controlled by the
military department.