Definitions

§ 101 Definitions In addition to the definitions in sections 1–5 of title 1, for the purposes of this title— (1) “United States”, in a geographic sense, means the States and the District of Columbia; (2) “possessions” includes the Canal Zone, Guam, American Samoa, and the guano islands; (3) “uniformed services” means the Army, Navy, Air Force, Marine Corps. Coast Guard, Coast and Geodetic Survey, and Public Health Service; (4) “armed forces” means the Army, Navy, Air Force, Marine Corps, and Coast Guard; (5) “Secretary concerned” means— (A) the Secretary of the Army, with respect to matters concerning the Army; (B) the Secretary of the Navy, with respect to matters concerning the Navy, the Marine Corps, and the Coast Guard when it is operating as a service in the Navy; (C) the Secretary of the Air Force, with respect to matters concerning the Air Force; , (D) the Secretary of the Treasury, with respect to matters concerning the Coast Guard when it is not operating as a service in the Navy; (E) the Secretary of Commerce, with respect to matters concerning the Coast and Geodetic Survey; and (F) the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare, with respect to matters concerning the Public Health Service; (6) “National Guard” means the Army National Guard and the Air National Guard; 76 Stat. 452 (7) “Army National Guard” means that part of the organized militia of the several States, 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, or the Constitution; (C) is organized, armed, and equipped wholly or partly at Federal expense; and (D) is federally recognized; (8) “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; (9) “Air National Guard” means that part of the organized militia of the several States, Puerto Rico, the Canal Zone, and the District of Columbia, active and inactive, that— (A) is an air 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; (10) “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; (11) “officer” means commissioned or warrant officer; (12) “commissioned officer” includes a commissioned warrant officer; (13) “warrant officer” means a person who holds a commission or warrant in a warrant officer grade; (14) “enlisted member” means a person in an enlisted grade; (15) “grade” means a step or degree, in a graduated scale of office or rank, that is established and designated as a grade by law or regulation; (16) “rank” means the order of precedence among members of the uniformed services: (17) “rating” means the name (such as “boatswain’s mate”) prescribed for members of a uniformed service in an occupational held; “rate” means the name (such as “chief boatswain’s mate”) prescribed for members in the same rating or other category who are in the same grade (such as chief petty officer or seaman apprentice); (18) “active duty” means full-time duty in the active service of a uniformed service, and includes duty on the active list, full-time training duty, annual training duty, and attendance, while in the active service, at a school designated as a service school by la w or by the Secretary concerned; (19) “active duty for a period of more than 30 days” means active duty under a call or order that does not specify a period of 30 days or less: (20) “active service” means service on active duty: (21) “pay” includes basic pay, special pay, retainer pay, incentive pay. retired pay, and equivalent pay, but does not include allowances: (22) “inactive-duty training” means— (A) duty prescribed for members of a reserve component by the Secretary concerned under section 206 of this title or any other law: and (B) special additional duties authorized for members of a reserve component by an authority designated by the 76 Stat. 453Secretary concerned and performed by them on a voluntary basis in connection with the prescribed training or maintenance activities of the units to which they are assigned; and includes those duties when performed by members of a reserve component in their status as members of the National Guard, but does not include work or study in connection with a correspondence course of a uniformed service; (23) “member” means a person appointed or enlisted in, or conscripted into, a uniformed service; and (24) “reserve component” means— (A) the Army National Guard of the United States; (B) the Army Reserve; (C) the Naval Reserve; (D) the Marine Corps Reserve; (E) the Air National Guard of the United States; (F) the Air Force Reserve; (G) the Coast Guard Reserve; or (H) the Reserve Corps of the Public Health Service.