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PUBLIC LAW

476-JULY

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made available in accordance with regulations prescribed by the Secretary of the Navy for issue or loan to the several States, Territories, or the District of Columbia for the use of the Naval Militia if— (a) at least 95 per centum of the personnel of the portion or unit of the Naval Militia to which such facilities would be made available are members of the Naval Reserve or Marine Corps Reserve, and (b) the organization, administration, and training of the Naval Militia conform to standards prescribed by the Secretary of the Navy. P A R T VI — R E S E R V E COMPONENTS O F THE A I R FOR C E SEC. 601. The Air National Guard of the United States and the Air Force Reserve are reserve components of the Air Force. All officers and enlisted members of the Air National Guard of the United States and all officers and enlisted members of the Air Force Reserve are Reserve officers and Reserve enlisted members, respectively, of the Air Force. SEC. 602. The Air Force Reserve includes all Reserve officers and Reserve enlisted members of the Air Force other than those who are members of the Air National Guard of the United States. SEC. 603. Except as otherwise specifically provided, all laws now or hereafter applicable to male officers and former officers of the Air Force Reserve, to enlisted men and former enlisted men of the Air Force Reserve, and to their dependents and beneficiaries shall in like cases be applicable respectively to female Reserve officers and female former Reserve officers of the Air Force Reserve, to Reserve enlisted women and former Reserve enlisted women of the Air Force Reserve, and to their dependents and beneficiaries except as may be necessary to adapt said provisions to the female persons in the ^vir Force Reserve. The husbands of women members of the Air Force Reserve shall not be considered dependent unless they are in fact dependent on their wives for over half of their support, and the children of such members shall not be considered dependents unLdS they are in fact dependent on their mother for over half of their support.

PART VII—THE NATIONAL GUARD OF THE UNITED STATES AND THE AIR NATIONAL GUARD OF THE UNITED STATES SEC. '^01. The National Guard of the United States and the Air National Guard of the United States are reserve components of the Army and the Air Force, respectively, and references in this Act, in the absence of express provision otherwise, are to be construed accordingly. Whenever joint reference is made to the National Guard of the United States and the Air National Guard of the United States on any matter of common concern together with reference to the Army and Air Force or other component thereof, the reference in the case of the National Guard of the United States shall be construed to be to the Army and in the case of the Air National Guard of the United States to be to the Air Force. SEC. 702. (a) The National Guard of the United States shall consist of all federally recognized units, organizations, and members of the National Guard of the several States, Territories, and the District of Columbia, who, in addition to their status as such, are Reserves of the Army in the same commissioned, wirrant, or enlisted grade as

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