Section 32.22. Chief of staff section; functions, programs, and activities.

The chief of  staff  section  reviews,  evaluates,   and recommends changes  in   programs,  plans,   policies,  and   operating procedures  of  the Michigan army national guard. The section facilitates the active army annual general inspection program of Michigan units and coordinates the state army national guard command inspection program. The major staff functions, programs, and activities under the purview  of the  chief of  staff  are as follows:

(a)   The army national guard personnel section,  which  fulfills  the personnel needs of the Michigan army national guard  under   provisions outlined  in federal and state national guard regulations.

(b)    The plans, operations, training,  and  military  support  to   civil authority section, whose major areas of endeavor include the  functional areas  of training plans and performance evaluation; facilitating national guard bureau directives regarding organization, reorganization, and mobilization; program measures involving physical security of armories  and training  sites;  and coordinating  the   planning  and execution    of military support to civil authority.

(c)   The Michigan military academy, which   administers  the  state officer candidate,  noncommissioned  officer   candidate,    and     selected leadership programs.

(d)   All Michigan army national  guard  units   are  subordinate   to  the army division and report to and through successively higher headquarters to the command element serviced by the chief of staff section.

History: 1979 AC.