Section 41.598

Title V MILITARY AFFAIRS AND POLICE

Chapter 41

Effective - 28 Aug 2026, see footnote   

  41.598.  Missouri National Guard homeland response program ribbon. — The adjutant general is hereby authorized to present, in the name of the state of Missouri, a Missouri National Guard homeland response force program ribbon, which shall be of suitable design, as may be determined by the adjutant general, to individual members of the Missouri National Guard who have participated in the homeland response force program.  The period of eligibility shall be from January 1, 2012, to a future date to be determined by the adjutant general or the cessation of the homeland response force program.  No Missouri National Guard homeland response force program ribbon shall be awarded to or retained by any person whose entire service shall not have been honorable.  If a member qualifies for the Missouri National Guard homeland response force ribbon but dies before making a request or before receipt, then the Missouri National Guard homeland response force program ribbon may be requested by and presented to the surviving primary next of kin.  The adjutant general shall adopt policies and operating regulations concerning only its internal management of this Missouri National Guard homeland response force program ribbon, which need not be published in the Missouri Register or the code of state regulations under chapter 536, but these regulations shall be available for public inspection and review.

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(L. 2026 H.B. 2593)