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US CODE
TITLE 38 > PART II > CHAPTER 19 > SUBCHAPTER III > Sec. 1965. Next Sec. 1965. - Definitions
For the purpose of this subchapter -
(1)
The term ''active duty'' means -
(A)
full-time duty in the Armed Forces, other than active duty for training;
(B)
full-time duty (other than for training purposes) as a commissioned officer of the Regular or Reserve Corps of the Public Health Service;
(C)
full-time duty as a commissioned officer of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration; and
(D)
full-time duty as a cadet or midshipman at the United States Military Academy, United States Naval Academy, United States Air Force Academy, or the United States Coast Guard Academy.
(2)
The term ''active duty for training'' means -
(A)
full-time duty in the Armed Forces performed by Reserves for training purposes;
(B)
full-time duty for training purposes performed as a commissioned officer of the Reserve Corps of the Public Health Service;
(C)
full-time duty as a member, cadet, or midshipman of the Reserve Officers Training Corps while attending field training or practice cruises; and
(D)
in the case of members of the National Guard or Air National Guard of any State, full-time duty under sections 316, 502, 503, 504, or 505 of title 32, United States Code.
(3)
The term ''inactive duty training'' means -
(A)
duty (other than full-time duty) prescribed or authorized for Reserves (including commissioned officers of the Reserve Corps of the Public Health Service) which duty is scheduled in advance by competent authority to begin at a specific time and place; and
(B)
in the case of a member of the National Guard or Air National Guard of any State, such term means duty (other than full-time duty) which is scheduled in advance by competent authority to begin at a specific time and place under sections 316, 502, 503, 504, or 505 of title 32, United States Code.
(4)
The terms ''active duty for training'' and ''inactive duty training'' do not include duty performed as a temporary member of the Coast Guard Reserve, and the term ''inactive duty training'' does not include
(A)
work or study performed in connection with correspondence courses, or
(B)
attendance at an educational institution in an inactive status.
(5)
The term ''member'' means -
(A)
a person on active duty, active duty for training, or inactive duty training in the uniformed services in a commissioned, warrant, or enlisted rank, or grade, or as a cadet or midshipman of the United States Military Academy, United States Naval Academy, United States Air Force Academy, or the United States Coast Guard Academy;
(B)
a person who volunteers for assignment to the Ready Reserve of a uniformed service and is assigned to a unit or position in which such person may be required to perform active duty, or active duty for training, and each year will be scheduled to perform at least twelve periods of inactive duty training that is creditable for retirement purposes under chapter 1223 of title 10 (or under chapter 67 of that title as in effect before the effective date of the Reserve Officer Personnel Management Act);
(C)
a person who volunteers for assignment to a mobilization category in the Individual Ready Reserve, as defined in section 12304(i)(1) of title 10; and
(D)
a member, cadet, or midshipman of the Reserve Officers Training Corps while attending field training or practice cruises.
(6)
The term ''uniformed services'' means the Army, Navy, Air Force, Marine Corps, Coast Guard, the commissioned corps of the Public Health Service, and the commissioned corps of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.
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