Section 162 Of Article 3. The Adjutant General From California Military And Veterans Code >> Division 2. >> Part 1. >> Chapter 2. >> Article 3.
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. The Governor, as Commander in Chief, shall appoint the
Adjutant General, who shall be on state active duty, in the grade of
lieutenant general, with the advice and consent of the Senate, and
that person shall hold office at the pleasure of the Governor, or
until his or her successor is appointed and has qualified. No person
is eligible for appointment as Adjutant General unless he or she had
not less than a total of 10 years of commissioned service in the
National Guard of the United States, of which at least four years
shall be service as a field grade officer in the California National
Guard within the preceding 10-year period prior to the date of
appointment and of which at least four years shall have been in
command of army or air troops at the battalion or equivalent or
higher command level or four years as a staff officer at brigade or
equivalent or higher staff level.