---
kind: "section"
citation: "10 U.S.C. § 12215"
title: "10"
title_heading: "Armed Forces"
number: "12215"
heading: "Commissioned officers: reserve grade of adjutants general and assistant adjutants general"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/10/12215"
units:
  - "Subtitle E — Reserve Components"
  - "Part II — Personnel Generally"
  - "Chapter 1205 — Appointment of Reserve Officers"
---

# §12215. Commissioned officers: reserve grade of adjutants general and assistant adjutants general

- (a) The adjutant general or an assistant adjutant general of the [Army National Guard](/usc/10/101.md?p=c-2) of a [State](/usc/10/18232.md?p=1) may, upon being extended Federal recognition, be appointed as a [reserve](/usc/10/101.md?p=c-6) [officer](/usc/10/101.md?p=b-1) of the Army as of the date on which he is so recognized.
- (b) The adjutant general or an assistant adjutant general of the [Air National Guard](/usc/10/101.md?p=c-4) of a [State](/usc/10/18232.md?p=1) may be appointed in the [reserve](/usc/10/101.md?p=c-6) commissioned [grade](/usc/10/101.md?p=b-7) in which Federal recognition in the [Air National Guard](/usc/10/101.md?p=c-4) is extended to him.

## Source credit

(Added Pub. L. 103–337, div. A, title XVI, § 1662(c)(1), Oct. 5, 1994, 108 Stat. 2990.)

## Notes

### Editorial Notes

### Prior Provisions

Provisions similar to those in this section were contained in sections 3392 and 8392 of this title, prior to repeal by Pub. L. 103–337, § 1629(a)(1), (c)(1).

### Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

### Effective Date

Section effective Dec. 1, 1994, except as otherwise provided, see section 1691 of Pub. L. 103–337, set out as a note under section 10001 of this title.