N.D. Cent. Code § 37-08-02
Individuals duly qualified for enlistment in the active national guard may enlist in the national guard reserve for a period of one year or three years under the regulations prescribed by the secretary of defense. Upon enlisting in the reserve, each individual shall subscribe the following enlistment contract and take the oath therein specified:
I acknowledge to have voluntarily enlisted on ____________, ____, as a soldier in the national guard of the United States and of the state of North Dakota, to serve in the reserve thereof, or in the active national guard of the United States and said state if transferred thereto, for a period of one year (or three years), unless sooner discharged by proper authority, and I do solemnly swear that I will bear true faith and allegiance to the United States of America and to the state of North Dakota, and that I will serve them honestly and faithfully against all their enemies whomsoever, and that I will obey the orders of the president of the United States and the governor of the state of North Dakota, and of the officers appointed over me according to law, the rules of war, and the uniform code of military justice.
N.D.C.C. § 37-08-02