[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]



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                      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.