DEPARTMENT OF MILITARY AND VETERANS AFFAIRS  
OFFICE OF THE DIRECTOR AND ADJUTANT GENERAL  
DEPARTMENT ORGANIZATION AND GENERAL FUNCTIONS  
(By authority conferred on the department of military and veterans affairs by sections  
33 and 63 of Act No. 306 of the Public Acts of 1969, being Â§Â§24.233 and 24.263 of the  
Michigan Compiled Laws)  
PART 1. OFFICE OF THE ADJUTANT GENERAL AND DIRECTOR  
R 32.11 Director; adjutant general; office of the director; authority; staff.  
Rule 1. The chief executive in the department of military affairs is the director,  
who also serves as adjutant general. Appointed by, and serving at the pleasure of, the  
governor, the adjutant general is also the commanding general of the Michigan  
national guard. The office of the director is the hub of policymaking for the  
department  
and  
maintains offices in Lansing. His office affects the overall  
department and derives its authority from the constitution, Act No. 380 of the Public  
Acts of  
1965, as amended, being §§16.225 to 16.228 of the Michigan Compiled Laws,  
popularly referred to as the executive organization act of 1965, and other laws  
assigned specifically to the adjutant general  
or  
director for administration. The  
director has a small staff to which is assigned specific responsibilities in program  
areas that are vital to his responsibility as the chief officer. The director and the  
various component divisions within the department of military affairs cooperate  
with all state and local agencies in the implementation of their assigned  
responsibilities and, more specifically, with the department of state police in  
rendering military support to civil authority in time of emergency under order of the  
governor.  
History: 1979 AC.  
R 32.12 State military board.  
Rule 2. The state military board, created by Act No. 150 of the Public Acts of  
1967, being Â§Â§32.760 to 32.790 of the Michigan Compiled Laws, consists of 5  
persons appointed by the governor who are responsible for holding title to military  
lands and acting on associated real property matters. Title to the Hanson military  
reservation at Camp Grayling, Michigan, is vested in this board.  
History: 1979 AC.  
R 32.13 Request for promulgation of a rule.  
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Rule 3. A person requesting the department of military affairs, or a division  
thereof, to promulgate a rule shall do so by filing a written request in the office  
of the director. In addition to the content specifically directed toward rule  
promulgation, the request shall include the signature and address of the person making  
the request. After receipt of a correctly filed request, the department shall, within 90  
days, initiate the processing of a rule or issue a concise written statement of its  
principal reasons for denial of the request, which shall be sent by certified mail to the  
person who made the request.  
History: 1979 AC.  
R 32.14 Request for declaratory ruling.  
Rule 4. An interested person requesting a declaratory ruling as  
to the  
applicability to an actual state of facts of a statute, rule, or order administered or  
issued by the department of military affairs shall do so by filing a written request in the  
office of the director. In addition to the content specifically directed toward the  
declaratory ruling, the request shall include the signature and address of the person  
making the request. After receipt of a correctly filed request, the department shall,  
within 30  
days, notify the person who made the request by certified mail whether a  
declaratory ruling shall be issued, and if it is to be issued, the nature and details thereof.  
History: 1979 AC.  
R 32.16 Military justice.  
Rule 6. Military justice for persons in the Michigan national guard, but not in the  
service of the United States, and for persons in the Michigan defense force, when it is  
in existence, shall be dispensed pursuant to Act No. 297 of the Public Acts of 1957.  
History: 1979 AC.  
PART 2. ARMY NATIONAL GUARD DIVISION  
R 32.21 Staff functions, sections, and programs.  
Rule 21. The army national guard (ARNG) division performs the major staff  
functions incident to its administration of those activities primarily directed toward  
army national guard readiness. The division plans, directs, supervises, and coordinates  
the army national guard programs in this state. The division chief executive has a  
dual title of deputy director and assistant adjutant general for army. The sections and  
programs within the division are as follows:  
(a) Commanding general and chief of staff.  
(b) Army technician program.  
(c) Federal equipment maintenance.  
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(d) Army aviation support facility.  
(e) Armory post commanders.  
(f) Training sites.  
History: 1979 AC.  
R 32.22 Chief of staff section; functions, programs, and activities.  
Rule 22. 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.  
R 32.23 Army technician program.  
Rule 23. The army national guard division is responsible for coordinating  
the army technician program administered and  
influenced  
by the technician  
personnel office for full-time department of military affairs’ army division federal  
employees.  
History: 1979 AC.  
R 32.24 State maintenance office.  
Rule 24. The state maintenance office is responsible for  
administering a  
continuing maintenance program for surface equipment issued to the Michigan  
army national guard. Headquartered in Lansing, the state maintenance office  
utilizes a central facility for major and specialized maintenance and a number of  
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organizational maintenance shops dispersed throughout the state for the performance of  
routine and scheduled service.  
History: 1979 AC.  
R 32.25 Army aviation support facility.  
Rule 25. The army aviation support facility, focal point  
of  
the army  
division’s national guard flight program, exercises primary supervision over the major  
aviation activities of flight operations, safety, and maintenance.  
History: 1979 AC.  
R 32.26 Armory post commander.  
Rule 26. All armories have a post commander appointed to insure that the facility is  
managed and maintained according to prescribed standards.  
History: 1979 AC.  
R 32.27 Training sites.  
Rule 27. Training sites exist to provide training  
and  
logistical support  
required by military forces during weekend and annual training periods.  
History: 1979 AC.  
PART 3. AIR NATIONAL GUARD DIVISION  
R 32.31 Staff functions, sections, facilities, and programs.  
Rule 31. The air national guard (ANG) division directs  
the  
major staff  
functions incident to its administration of those activities and facilities directed to or  
facilitating Michigan air national guard readiness. The division is responsible  
for  
planning,  
directing, coordinating, and supervising state air national guard  
programs. The division chief executive carries a multiple title of deputy director,  
assistant adjutant general for air, and commanding general of Michigan air national  
guard headquarters. All Michigan air national guard units are subordinate to the air  
division and report to and through successively higher headquarters to the air  
division command element. The principal sections, facilities, and programs under  
division jurisdiction are as follows:  
(a) Air (ANG) personnel.  
(b) Air technician program.  
(c) Operations and training.  
(d) Air bases and training sites.  
(e) Internal audit.  
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History: 1979 AC.  
R 32.32 Personnel section.  
Rule 32. The ANG personnel section fulfills the personnel needs  
of the  
Michigan air national guard under provisions outlined in federal and state military  
regulations and directives.  
History: 1979 AC.  
R 32.33 Air technician program.  
Rule 33. The air national guard division is responsible for coordinating the air  
technician program administered and influenced by the technician personnel  
office for full-time department of military affairs’ air division federal employees.  
History: 1979 AC.  
R 32.34 Operations and training.  
Rule 34. The operations and training element of the air division facilitates  
national guard bureau directives regarding organization, reorganization, and  
mobilization; effects  
training  
guidance  
and performance evaluation; and  
maintains liaison with the several major Michigan air national guard command  
headquarters.  
History: 1979 AC.  
R 32.35 Installations.  
Rule 35. There are 3 major air national guard installations in Michigan:  
(a) Selfridge air national guard base, located near Mt. Clemens,  
and Battle  
Creek air national guard base are the home stations for the major Michigan air  
national guard units. Both facilities, in conjunction with tenant units, are capable  
of providing necessary administration, supply, maintenance, medical, and mission  
support functions.  
(b) Phelps Collins air national guard base in Alpena is  
operated and  
maintained for annual training encampments,  
exercises, and combat maneuvering.  
deployment  
exercises, gunnery  
History: 1979 AC.  
R 32.36 Internal audit services.  
Rule 36. Internal audit services are performed for the department of military  
affairs under the direction of a deputy director.  
Auditing efforts are directed  
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toward accountability  
and  
departmental compliance with prescribed policies,  
rules, regulations, procedures, and statutes concerning the expenditure and disposition  
of state funds.  
History: 1979 AC.  
PART 4. COMPTROLLER DIVISION  
R 32.41 Staff functions and sections.  
Rule 41. The comptroller division performs the major staff functions  
incident to obtaining, administratively controlling, and accounting for state funds needed  
to provide resources for the department and assists in the overall management of  
people, materiel, resources,  
comptroller division are as follows:  
(a) Administrative services.  
(b) Engineering and facilities.  
(c) Fiscal and procurement.  
(d) Management services.  
and facilities. The primary sections within the  
History: 1979 AC.  
R 32.42 Administrative services section.  
Rule 42. The administrative services section has primary responsibility in the  
functional areas of office management, state personnel, state payroll, property  
accounting, and the transportation  
work unit. Administration and information  
regarding Michigan military service bonus programs for world war I, world war II,  
Korean conflict, and the Vietnam era are coordinated by, or provided through, this  
section. The section fulfills the personnel needs of the department of military affairs  
and works with the department of civil service on personnel matters and the  
department of management and budget to effect payroll transactions. The section  
administers a logistics management program for the receipt, warehousing, and  
distribution of all state supplies, materials, and equipment as well as operating a  
departmental motor pool of state-owned vehicles. Additional office services include  
central stock and mailroom. The section maintains offices in Lansing.  
History: 1979 AC.  
R 32.43 Engineering and facilities section.  
Rule 43. The engineering and facilities section provides technical support to  
the department of military affairs and  
Programming, planning, construction,  
the  
installations under its control.  
supervision, inspection, and overall  
management of the construction, remodeling and additions, and maintenance  
programs are provided for by this section for both army and air national guard  
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facilities. The section develops construction and maintenance programs and prepares  
budget requests for both federal and state funds based upon these programs. The  
section is responsible for the acquisition of real property for new armories, the  
licensing of federal property, and the rental or leasing of property for armories and  
vehicle storage. The section works with the department of management and budget  
on matters concerning state-owned facilities, and with the national guard bureau and  
other federal agencies on matters concerning federal projects. The engineering and  
facilities section has an internal work unit responsible for the review, processing, and  
action on all reports of survey for lost or destroyed United States army, air force, and  
state of Michigan property. The work unit also investigates all department accidents or  
reportable incidents and advises the adjutant general regarding their disposition. The  
engineering and facilities section maintains offices in Lansing.  
History: 1979 AC.  
R 32.44 Fiscal and procurement section.  
Rule 44. The fiscal and procurement section’s primary responsibility is to provide  
financial control of expenditures through its administrative and cost accounting  
program. The section consists of 3 work units: budget and accounting, revenue, and  
purchasing. The budget and  
accounting  
and revenue units are responsible for  
accounting, recording, and reporting on the status of funds within the department.  
The purchasing unit is responsible for purchasing or contracting for all supplies,  
materials, services, and equipment needed in the maintenance and operation of all  
state-supported department of military affairs facilities. The fiscal and procurement  
section maintains close liaison with the department of management and budget  
and legislative agencies, and is the principal coordinating staff section regarding  
departmental budget preparation. The section maintains offices in Lansing.  
History: 1979 AC.  
R 32.45 Management services section.  
Rule 45. The management services section provides staff  
services and  
performs project support functions which are deemed external to established major  
staff section responsibilities.  
History: 1979 AC.  
PART 5. UNITED STATES PROPERTY AND FISCAL OFFICER  
R 32.51 United States property and fiscal officer.  
Rule 51. The United States property and fiscal officer is  
responsible for  
equipping, supplying, and maintaining national guard units in Michigan in behalf of the  
federal government. His offices in Lansing perform  
the major staff functions  
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incident  
to  
obtaining,  
administratively controlling, and accounting for federal  
funds and materiel directed toward servicing state national guard units.  
History: 1979 AC.  
PART 6.MICHIGAN DEFENSE FORCE  
R 32.61 Michigan defense force.  
Rule 61. If the president calls or orders all or part of the national guard into  
federal service in time of a national emergency, or if it appears that the national guard  
may be called into federal service, the governor, as commander-in-chief, may  
organize within the state military establishment such number of army and air force  
units as he deems necessary for the adequate protection of the state. These units,  
known as the Michigan defense force, shall protect the state in case of insurrection,  
invasion, disaster, or other emergency, actual or imminent. The Michigan defense  
force shall be governed by rules and regulations similar to those governing the national  
guard.  
History: 1979 AC.  
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