Definitions

§ 101. DefinitionsIn addition to the definitions in sections 1–5 of title 1, the following definitions apply in this title: (1) “Territory” means Alaska, Hawaii, or any Territory organized after this title is enacted, so long as it remains a Territory. (2) “National Guard” means the Army National Guard and the Air National Guard. (3) “Army National Guard” means that part of the organized militia of the several States and Territories, Puerto Rico, the Canal Zone, and the District of Columbia, active and inactive, that— (A) is a land force; (B) is trained, and has its officers appointed, under the sixteenth clause of section 8, article I, of the Constitution; (C) is organized, armed, and equipped wholly or partly at Federal expense; and (D) is federally recognized. (4) “Army National Guard of the United States” means the reserve component of the Army all of whose members are members of the Army National Guard. (5) “Air National Guard” means that part of the organized militia of the several States and Territories, Puerto Rico, the Canal Zone, and the District of Columbia, active and inactive, that— (A) is an air force; (596) 597 (B) is trained, and has its officers appointed, under the sixteenth clause of section 8, article I, or the Constitution; (C) is organized, armed, and equipped wholly or partly at Federal expense; and (D) is federally recognized. (6) “Air National Guard of the United States” means the reserve component of the Air Force all of whose members are members of the Air National Guard. (7) “Officer” means commissioned or warrant officer. (8) “Enlisted member” means a person enlisted in, or inducted, called, or conscripted into, an armed force in an enlisted grade. (9) “Grade” means a step or degree, in a graduated scale of office or military rank, that is established and designated as a grade by law or regulation. (10) “Rank” means the order of precedence among members of the armed forces. (11) “Active duty” means full-time duty in the active military service of the United States. It includes such Federal duty as duty on the active list, full-time training duty, annual training duty, and attendance, while in the active military service, at a school designated as a service school by law or by the Secretary of the military department concerned. (12) “Supplies” includes material, equipment, and stores of all kinds. (13) “Shall” is used in an imperative sense. (14) “May” is used in a permissive sense. The words “no person may...” mean that no person is required, authorized, or permitted to do the act prescribed. (15) “Includes” means “includes but is not limited to”. (16) “Pay” includes basic pay, special pay, incentive pay, retired pay, and equivalent pay, but does not include allowances.