§ 20-2-8. Honorary promotion upon retirement

Members of the organized militia may be promoted by the governor to the next higher grade on the occasion of their retirement from service under the following conditions: A. that the member has honorably served either a total of thirty years in the federal military or organized militia combined or a minimum of twenty years in the organized militia, provided that no period of less than ten years in the state defense force shall be credited toward either of these requirements; and B. that the honorary promotion be requested by the member and be favorably recommended by the adjutant general.