Amends GS 127A-19 to allow the Adjutant General to appoint, in addition to employ, staff members and other personnel as authorized by the Secretary of Public Safety and funded. Adds that a term of a staff member's appointment to the following positions will last at least the period of time necessary for the staff member to vest in the staff member's appointed rank for the purposes of retirement at that rank: Director Joint Staff, Chief of Staff Army – North Carolina Army National Guard, Chief of Staff Air – North Carolina Air National Guard, a Command Senior Enlisted Leader, or a Command Chief Warrant Officer.