Legislation
SECTION 13-A
Armed forces of the United States
General Construction (GCN) CHAPTER 22, ARTICLE 2
§ 13-a. Armed forces of the United States. "Armed forces of the United
States" means the army, navy, marine corps, air force, space force and
coast guard including all components thereof, and the national guard
when in the service of the United States pursuant to call as provided by
law. Pursuant to this definition no person shall be considered a member
or veteran of the armed forces of the United States unless such member
or veteran's service therein is or was on a full-time active duty basis,
other than active duty for training or such member or veteran was
employed by the War Shipping Administration or Office of Defense
Transportation or their agents as a merchant seaman documented by the
United States Coast Guard or Department of Commerce, or as a civil
servant employed by the United States Army Transport Service (later
redesignated as the United States Army Transportation Corps, Water
Division) or the Naval Transportation Service; and who served
satisfactorily as a crew member during the period of armed conflict,
December seventh, nineteen hundred forty-one, to August fifteenth,
nineteen hundred forty-five, aboard merchant vessels in oceangoing,
i.e., foreign, intercoastal, or coastwise service as such terms are
defined under federal law (46 USCA 10301 & 10501) and further to include
"near foreign" voyages between the United States and Canada, Mexico, or
the West Indies via ocean routes, or public vessels in oceangoing
service or foreign waters and who has received a Certificate of Release
or Discharge from Active Duty and a discharge certificate, or an
Honorable Service Certificate/Report of Casualty, from the Department of
Defense or the member or veteran served as a United States civilian
employed by the American Field Service and served overseas under United
States Armies and United States Army Groups in world war II during the
period of armed conflict, December seventh, nineteen hundred forty-one
through May eighth, nineteen hundred forty-five, and (i) was discharged
or released therefrom under honorable conditions, or (ii) has a
qualifying condition, as defined in section one of the veterans'
services law, and has received a discharge other than bad conduct or
dishonorable from such service, or (iii) is a discharged LGBT veteran,
as defined in section one of the veterans' services law, and has
received a discharge other than bad conduct or dishonorable from such
service, or the member or veteran served as a United States civilian
Flight Crew and Aviation Ground Support Employee of Pan American World
Airways or one of its subsidiaries or its affiliates and served overseas
as a result of Pan American's contract with Air Transport Command or
Naval Air Transport Service during the period of armed conflict,
December fourteenth, nineteen hundred forty-one through August
fourteenth, nineteen hundred forty-five, and (iv) was discharged or
released therefrom under honorable conditions, or (v) has a qualifying
condition, as defined in section one of the veterans' services law, and
has received a discharge other than bad conduct or dishonorable from
such service, or (vi) is a discharged LGBT veteran, as defined in
section one of the veterans' services law, and has received a discharge
other than bad conduct or dishonorable from such service.
States" means the army, navy, marine corps, air force, space force and
coast guard including all components thereof, and the national guard
when in the service of the United States pursuant to call as provided by
law. Pursuant to this definition no person shall be considered a member
or veteran of the armed forces of the United States unless such member
or veteran's service therein is or was on a full-time active duty basis,
other than active duty for training or such member or veteran was
employed by the War Shipping Administration or Office of Defense
Transportation or their agents as a merchant seaman documented by the
United States Coast Guard or Department of Commerce, or as a civil
servant employed by the United States Army Transport Service (later
redesignated as the United States Army Transportation Corps, Water
Division) or the Naval Transportation Service; and who served
satisfactorily as a crew member during the period of armed conflict,
December seventh, nineteen hundred forty-one, to August fifteenth,
nineteen hundred forty-five, aboard merchant vessels in oceangoing,
i.e., foreign, intercoastal, or coastwise service as such terms are
defined under federal law (46 USCA 10301 & 10501) and further to include
"near foreign" voyages between the United States and Canada, Mexico, or
the West Indies via ocean routes, or public vessels in oceangoing
service or foreign waters and who has received a Certificate of Release
or Discharge from Active Duty and a discharge certificate, or an
Honorable Service Certificate/Report of Casualty, from the Department of
Defense or the member or veteran served as a United States civilian
employed by the American Field Service and served overseas under United
States Armies and United States Army Groups in world war II during the
period of armed conflict, December seventh, nineteen hundred forty-one
through May eighth, nineteen hundred forty-five, and (i) was discharged
or released therefrom under honorable conditions, or (ii) has a
qualifying condition, as defined in section one of the veterans'
services law, and has received a discharge other than bad conduct or
dishonorable from such service, or (iii) is a discharged LGBT veteran,
as defined in section one of the veterans' services law, and has
received a discharge other than bad conduct or dishonorable from such
service, or the member or veteran served as a United States civilian
Flight Crew and Aviation Ground Support Employee of Pan American World
Airways or one of its subsidiaries or its affiliates and served overseas
as a result of Pan American's contract with Air Transport Command or
Naval Air Transport Service during the period of armed conflict,
December fourteenth, nineteen hundred forty-one through August
fourteenth, nineteen hundred forty-five, and (iv) was discharged or
released therefrom under honorable conditions, or (v) has a qualifying
condition, as defined in section one of the veterans' services law, and
has received a discharge other than bad conduct or dishonorable from
such service, or (vi) is a discharged LGBT veteran, as defined in
section one of the veterans' services law, and has received a discharge
other than bad conduct or dishonorable from such service.