{"identifier":"/us/usc/t32/s101","title":32,"num":"\u00a7\u202f101.","heading":"Definitions","text":"\u00a7\u202f101.\nDefinitions\nIn addition to the definitions in sections 1\u20135 of title 1, the following definitions apply in this title:\n(1) For purposes of other laws relating to the militia, the National Guard, the Army National Guard of the United States, and the Air National Guard of the United States, the term \u201cTerritory\u201d includes Guam and the Virgin Islands.\n(2) \u201cArmed forces\u201d means the Army, Navy, Air Force, Marine Corps, and Coast Guard.\n(3) \u201cNational Guard\u201d means the Army National Guard and the Air National Guard.\n(4) \u201cArmy National Guard\u201d means that part of the organized militia of the several States and Territories, Puerto Rico, and the District of Columbia, active and inactive, that\u2014\n(A) is a land force;\n(B) is trained, and has its officers appointed, under the sixteenth clause of section 8, article I, of the Constitution;\n(C) is organized, armed, and equipped wholly or partly at Federal expense; and\n(D) is federally recognized.\n(5) \u201cArmy National Guard of the United States\u201d means the reserve component of the Army all of whose members are members of the Army National Guard.\n(6) \u201cAir National Guard\u201d means that part of the organized militia of the several States and Territories, Puerto Rico, and the District of Columbia, active and inactive, that\u2014\n(A) is an air force;\n(B) is trained, and has its officers appointed, under the sixteenth clause of section 8, article I of the Constitution;\n(C) is organized, armed, and equipped wholly or partly at Federal expense; and\n(D) is federally recognized.\n(7) \u201cAir National Guard of the United States\u201d means the reserve component of the Air Force all of whose members are members of the Air National Guard.\n(8) \u201cOfficer\u201d means commissioned or warrant officer.\n(9) \u201cEnlisted member\u201d means a person enlisted in, or inducted, called, or conscripted into, an armed force in an enlisted grade.\n(10) \u201cGrade\u201d 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.\n(11) \u201cRank\u201d means the order of precedence among members of the armed forces.\n(12) \u201cActive duty\u201d means full-time duty in the active military service of the United States. It includes such Federal duty as 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. It does not include full-time National Guard duty.\n(13) \u201cSupplies\u201d includes material, equipment, and stores of all kinds.\n(14) \u201cShall\u201d is used in an imperative sense.\n(15) \u201cMay\u201d is used in a permissive sense. The words \u201cno person may *\u2000*\u2000*\u201d mean that no person is required, authorized, or permitted to do the act prescribed.\n(16) \u201cIncludes\u201d means \u201cincludes but is not limited to\u201d.\n(17) \u201cPay\u201d includes basic pay, special pay, incentive pay, retired pay, and equivalent pay, but does not include allowances.\n(18) \u201cSpouse\u201d means husband or wife, as the case may be.\n(19) \u201cFull-time National Guard duty\u201d means training or other duty, other than inactive duty, performed by a member of the Army National Guard of the United States or the Air National Guard of the United States in the member\u2019s status as a member of the National Guard of a State or territory, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, or the District of Columbia under section 316, 502, 503, 504, or 505 of this title for which the member is entitled to pay from the United States or for which the member has waived pay from the United States.","url":"https://projectusc.org/usc/t32/s101.html","content":[{"t":"sec","id":"/us/usc/t32/s101","children":[{"t":"num","text":"\u00a7\u202f101."},{"t":"heading","text":"Definitions","tail":"\n"},{"t":"chapeau","text":"In addition to the definitions in sections 1\u20135 of title 1, the following definitions apply in this title:"},{"t":"para","id":"/us/usc/t32/s101/1","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(1)"},{"t":"content","text":" For purposes of other laws relating to the militia, the National Guard, the Army National Guard of the United States, and the Air National Guard of the United States, the term \u201cTerritory\u201d includes Guam and the Virgin Islands.","tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"para","id":"/us/usc/t32/s101/2","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(2)"},{"t":"content","text":" \u201cArmed forces\u201d means the Army, Navy, Air Force, Marine Corps, and Coast Guard.","tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"para","id":"/us/usc/t32/s101/3","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(3)"},{"t":"content","text":" \u201cNational Guard\u201d means the Army National Guard and the Air National Guard.","tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"para","id":"/us/usc/t32/s101/4","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(4)"},{"t":"chapeau","text":" \u201cArmy National Guard\u201d means that part of the organized militia of the several States and Territories, Puerto Rico, and the District of Columbia, active and inactive, that\u2014"},{"t":"subpara","id":"/us/usc/t32/s101/4/A","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(A)"},{"t":"content","text":" is a land force;","tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"subpara","id":"/us/usc/t32/s101/4/B","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(B)"},{"t":"content","text":" is trained, and has its officers appointed, under the sixteenth clause of section 8, article I, of the Constitution;","tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"subpara","id":"/us/usc/t32/s101/4/C","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(C)"},{"t":"content","text":" is organized, armed, and equipped wholly or partly at Federal expense; and","tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"subpara","id":"/us/usc/t32/s101/4/D","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(D)"},{"t":"content","text":" is federally recognized.","tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"para","id":"/us/usc/t32/s101/5","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(5)"},{"t":"content","text":" \u201cArmy National Guard of the United States\u201d means the reserve component of the Army all of whose members are members of the Army National Guard.","tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"para","id":"/us/usc/t32/s101/6","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(6)"},{"t":"chapeau","text":" \u201cAir National Guard\u201d means that part of the organized militia of the several States and Territories, Puerto Rico, and the District of Columbia, active and inactive, that\u2014"},{"t":"subpara","id":"/us/usc/t32/s101/6/A","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(A)"},{"t":"content","text":" is an air force;","tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"subpara","id":"/us/usc/t32/s101/6/B","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(B)"},{"t":"content","text":" is trained, and has its officers appointed, under the sixteenth clause of section 8, article I of the Constitution;","tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"subpara","id":"/us/usc/t32/s101/6/C","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(C)"},{"t":"content","text":" is organized, armed, and equipped wholly or partly at Federal expense; and","tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"subpara","id":"/us/usc/t32/s101/6/D","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(D)"},{"t":"content","text":" is federally recognized.","tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"para","id":"/us/usc/t32/s101/7","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(7)"},{"t":"content","text":" \u201cAir National Guard of the United States\u201d means the reserve component of the Air Force all of whose members are members of the Air National Guard.","tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"para","id":"/us/usc/t32/s101/8","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(8)"},{"t":"content","text":" \u201cOfficer\u201d means commissioned or warrant officer.","tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"para","id":"/us/usc/t32/s101/9","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(9)"},{"t":"content","text":" \u201cEnlisted member\u201d means a person enlisted in, or inducted, called, or conscripted into, an armed force in an enlisted grade.","tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"para","id":"/us/usc/t32/s101/10","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(10)"},{"t":"content","text":" \u201cGrade\u201d 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.","tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"para","id":"/us/usc/t32/s101/11","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(11)"},{"t":"content","text":" \u201cRank\u201d means the order of precedence among members of the armed forces.","tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"para","id":"/us/usc/t32/s101/12","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(12)"},{"t":"content","text":" \u201cActive duty\u201d means full-time duty in the active military service of the United States. It includes such Federal duty as 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. It does not include full-time National Guard duty.","tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"para","id":"/us/usc/t32/s101/13","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(13)"},{"t":"content","text":" \u201cSupplies\u201d includes material, equipment, and stores of all kinds.","tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"para","id":"/us/usc/t32/s101/14","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(14)"},{"t":"content","text":" \u201cShall\u201d is used in an imperative sense.","tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"para","id":"/us/usc/t32/s101/15","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(15)"},{"t":"content","text":" \u201cMay\u201d is used in a permissive sense. 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