Diraffael

*696 Plaintiff and appellant Robert DiRaffael, appearing in propria persona, appeals from the denial of his petition for a writ of mandate *697 directing the California Army National Guard (CAARNG) to vacate an order separating appellant, a commissioned officer, from CAARNG. Defendants and respondents are CAARNG and four individuals named in appellant's petition: David S. Baldwin, California's Adjutant General; Lawrence A. Haskins, commander of CAARNG; and John D. Ford and Dwight D. Stirling, two officers in CAARNG who purportedly reviewed and supervised the issuance of the separation order. *696 CAARNG ordered appellant separated pursuant to federal regulations governing selective retention of National Guard officers after 20 years of service. Appellant argued in his writ petition that the United States Constitution reserved to the states the right to appoint and terminate the appointments of state National Guard officers, and therefore CAARNG could not rely on federal regulations to separate him. The trial court found that state law incorporated the applicable federal regulations via provisions of the Military and Veterans Code, and thus CAARNG properly could invoke them to…