[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 20, Volume 1]
[Revised as of April 1, 2005]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 20CFR212.2]

[Page 190]
 
                      TITLE 20--EMPLOYEES' BENEFITS
 
                  CHAPTER II--RAILROAD RETIREMENT BOARD
 
PART 212_MILITARY SERVICE--Table of Contents
 
Sec. 212.2  Military service defined.

    Military service is the performance of active service by an 
individual in the armed forces of the United States. An individual is 
considered to be in active military service when commissioned or 
enrolled in the land, naval or air forces of the United States until 
resignation or discharge therefrom. The service of an individual in any 
reserve component of the land, naval or air forces of the United States, 
during any period in which ordered to active duty, even though less than 
thirty days, is also considered active service. However, service in the 
Army Specialist Corps and the Merchant Marine is not creditable under 
the Railroad Retirement Act.