---
kind: "section"
citation: "10 U.S.C. § 12502"
title: "10"
title_heading: "Armed Forces"
number: "12502"
heading: "Chief and assistant chief of staff of National Guard divisions and wings in Federal service: detail"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/10/12502"
units:
  - "Subtitle E — Reserve Components"
  - "Part II — Personnel Generally"
  - "Chapter 1213 — Special Appointments, Assignments, Details, and Duties"
---

# §12502. Chief and assistant chief of staff of National Guard divisions and wings in Federal service: detail

- (a) The President may detail a [regular](/usc/10/101.md?p=b-12) or [reserve](/usc/10/101.md?p=c-6) [officer](/usc/10/101.md?p=b-1) of the Army as chief of staff, and a [regular](/usc/10/101.md?p=b-12) or [reserve](/usc/10/101.md?p=c-6) [officer](/usc/10/101.md?p=b-1) or an [officer](/usc/10/101.md?p=b-1) of the [Army National Guard](/usc/10/101.md?p=c-2) as assistant to the chief of staff, of any division of the [Army National Guard](/usc/10/101.md?p=c-2) that is in Federal service as an [Army National Guard](/usc/10/101.md?p=c-2) organization.
- (b) The President may detail a [regular](/usc/10/101.md?p=b-12) or [reserve](/usc/10/101.md?p=c-6) [officer](/usc/10/101.md?p=b-1) of the Air Force as chief of staff, and a [regular](/usc/10/101.md?p=b-12) or [reserve](/usc/10/101.md?p=c-6) [officer](/usc/10/101.md?p=b-1) or an [officer](/usc/10/101.md?p=b-1) of the [Air National Guard](/usc/10/101.md?p=c-4) as assistant to the chief of staff, of any wing of the [Air National Guard](/usc/10/101.md?p=c-4) that is in Federal service as an [Air National Guard](/usc/10/101.md?p=c-4) organization.

## Source credit

(Added Pub. L. 103–337, div. A, title XVI, § 1662(g)(1), Oct. 5, 1994, 108 Stat. 2995.)

## Notes

### Editorial Notes

### Prior Provisions

Provisions similar to those in this section were contained in sections 3542 and 8542 of this title, prior to repeal by Pub. L. 103–337, § 1662(g)(2).

### 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.