There is hereby created a department of military affairs.

     The head of the department of military affairs shall be appointed by the governor and serve at the pleasure of the governor. Any other provision of the law to the contrary notwithstanding, the adjutant general of the state of Michigan may be appointed to and serve as the head of the department of military affairs.

     The military establishment and the state military board created under Act No. 84 of the Public Acts of 1909, as amended, being sections 32.1 to 32.85 of the Compiled Laws of 1948, are transferred by a type I transfer to the department of military affairs.

     The naval militia and the state naval board created under Act No. 184 of the Public Acts of 1893, as amended, being sections 33.1 to 33.38 of the Compiled Laws of 1948, are transferred by a type I transfer to the department of military affairs.

     Beginning on the effective date of the amendatory act that added this section, the Michigan veterans' facility at Grand Rapids, created by Act No. 152 of the Public Acts of 1885, being sections 36.1 to 36.12 of the Michigan Compiled Laws, shall be known as the Grand Rapids home for veterans, and the D.J. Jacobetti veterans' facility at Marquette, created by Act No. 152 of the Public Acts of 1885, shall be known as the D.J. Jacobetti home for veterans.