Opinion No.

Major General Don C. Morrow, Adjutant General Military Department of Arkansas Camp Joseph T. Robinson North Little Rock, Arkansas 72199-9600

Dear General Morrow:

I am writing in response to your request for my opinion on the following question:

May an officer hold a commission in the Arkansas Army National Guard and serve as Arkansas Attorney General?

You indicate in your request that a commissioned National Guard officer whose military service obligation will not expire until 2005 is considering running for the office.

RESPONSE

In my opinion, although the described dual service would in all…