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[CITE: 10USC12602]

 
                         TITLE 10--ARMED FORCES
 
                     Subtitle E--Reserve Components
 
                      PART II--PERSONNEL GENERALLY
 
             CHAPTER 1217--MISCELLANEOUS RIGHTS AND BENEFITS
 
Sec. 12602. Members of Army National Guard of United States and 
        Air National Guard of United States: credit for service as 
        members of National Guard
        
    (a) For the purposes of laws providing benefits for members of the 
Army National Guard of the United States and their dependents and 
beneficiaries--
        (1) military training, duty, or other service performed by a 
    member of the Army National Guard of the United States in his status 
    as a member of the Army National Guard for which he is entitled to 
    pay from the United States shall be considered military training, 
    duty, or other service, as the case may be, in Federal service as a 
    Reserve of the Army;
        (2) full-time National Guard duty performed by a member of the 
    Army National Guard of the United States shall be considered active 
    duty in Federal service as a Reserve of the Army; and
        (3) inactive-duty training performed by a member of the Army 
    National Guard of the United States in his status as a member of the 
    Army National Guard, in accordance with regulations prescribed under 
    section 502 of title 32 or other express provision of law, shall be 
    considered inactive-duty training in Federal service as a Reserve of 
    the Army.

    (b) For the purposes of laws providing benefits for members of the 
Air National Guard of the United States and their dependents and 
beneficiaries--
        (1) military training, duty, or other service performed by a 
    member of the Air National Guard of the United States in his status 
    as a member of the Air National Guard for which he is entitled to 
    pay from the United States shall be considered military training, 
    duty, or other service, as the case may be, in Federal service as a 
    Reserve of the Air Force;
        (2) full-time National Guard duty performed by a member of the 
    Air National Guard of the United States shall be considered active 
    duty in Federal service as a Reserve of the Air Force; and
        (3) inactive-duty training performed by a member of the Air 
    National Guard of the United States in his status as a member of the 
    Air National Guard, in accordance with regulations prescribed under 
    section 502 of title 32 or other express provision of law, shall be 
    considered inactive-duty training in Federal service as a Reserve of 
    the Air Force.

(Added Pub. L. 103-337, div. A, title XVI, Sec. 1662(g)(1), Oct. 5, 
1994, 108 Stat. 2995.)


                            Prior Provisions

    Provisions similar to those in this section were contained in 
sections 3686 and 8686 of this title, prior to repeal by Pub. L. 103-
337, Sec. 1662(g)(2).
