{"identifier":"/us/usc/t5/s2101","title":5,"num":"\u00a7\u202f2101.","heading":"Civil service; armed forces; uniformed services","text":"\u00a7\u202f2101.\nCivil service; armed forces; uniformed services\nFor the purpose of this title\u2014\n(1) the \u201ccivil service\u201d consists of all appointive positions in the executive, judicial, and legislative branches of the Government of the United States, except positions in the uniformed services;\n(2) \u201carmed forces\u201d means the Army, Navy, Air Force, Marine Corps, Space Force, and Coast Guard; and\n(3) \u201cuniformed services\u201d means the armed forces, the commissioned corps of the Public Health Service, and the commissioned corps of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.","url":"https://projectusc.org/usc/t5/s2101.html","content":[{"t":"sec","id":"/us/usc/t5/s2101","children":[{"t":"num","text":"\u00a7\u202f2101."},{"t":"heading","text":"Civil service; armed forces; uniformed services","tail":"\n"},{"t":"chapeau","text":"For the purpose of this title\u2014"},{"t":"para","id":"/us/usc/t5/s2101/1","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(1)"},{"t":"content","text":" the \u201ccivil service\u201d consists of all appointive positions in the executive, judicial, and legislative branches of the Government of the United States, except positions in the uniformed services;","tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"para","id":"/us/usc/t5/s2101/2","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(2)"},{"t":"content","text":" \u201carmed forces\u201d means the Army, Navy, Air Force, Marine Corps, Space Force, and Coast Guard; and","tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"para","id":"/us/usc/t5/s2101/3","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(3)"},{"t":"content","text":" \u201cuniformed services\u201d means the armed forces, the commissioned corps of the Public Health Service, and the commissioned corps of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.","tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"text","text":"\n"},{"t":"text","text":"\n"}]}]}