Officers; Army Reserve: transfer from Army National Guard of United States

§ 3352. Officers; Army Reserve: transfer from Army National Guard of United States (a) Under such regulations as the Secretary of the Army may prescribe, and with the consent of the governor or other appropriate authority of the State or Territory, Puerto Rico, the Canal Zone, or the District of Columbia, whichever is concerned, an officer of the Army National Guard of the United States may be transferred in grade to the Army Reserve. Upon transfer, he is eligible for promotion to the highest regular or reserve grade ever held by him in the Army, if his service has been honorable. (b) Unless discharged from his appointment as a Reserve, an officer of the Army National Guard of the United States whose Federal recognition as a member of the Army National Guard is withdrawn becomes a member of the Army Reserve. An officer who so becomes a member of the Army Reserve ceases to be a member of the Army National Guard of the United States.