- aviation service
means service performed by an officer while holding an aeronautical rating or designation or while in training to receive an aeronautical rating or designation.
- bonus or similar benefit
means a bonus, incentive pay, special pay, or similar payment, or an educational benefit or stipend, paid to a member of the uniformed services under a provision of law that refers to the repayment requirements of this subsection.
- bonus, incentive pay, or similar benefit
means a bonus, incentive pay, special pay, or similar payment paid to a member of the uniformed services under this title or title 10.
- combat-related disability
has the meaning given that term in section 1413a(e) of title 10.
- congressional defense committees
has the meaning given that term in section 101(a)(16) of title 10.
- critical foreign language
includes Arabic, Korean, Japanese, Chinese, Pashto, Persian-Farsi, Serbian-Croatian, Russian, Portuguese, or other language designated as critical by the Secretary concerned.
- eligible career bonus member
means a member of a uniformed service serving on active duty who—
- eligible career enlisted flyer
means an enlisted member of the armed forces who—
- eligible judge advocate
means an officer of the armed forces on full-time active duty who—
- eligible surface warfare officer
means an officer of the Regular Navy or Navy Reserve on active duty who—
- engineering or scientific duty
means service performed by an officer—
- hazardous duty
means duty—
- health profession
means the following:
- high-demand, low-density military capability
means a combat, combat support or service support capability, unit, system, or occupational specialty that the Secretary of Defense determines has funding, equipment, or personnel levels that are substantially below the levels required to fully meet or sustain actual or expected operational requirements set by regional commanders.
- officer
includes an individual enlisted and designated as an aviation cadet under section 8411 of title 10.
- operational flying duty
means flying performed under competent orders by rated or designated officers while serving in assignments in which basic flying skills normally are maintained in the performance of assigned duties as determined by the Secretary concerned, and flying performed by members in training that leads to the award of an aeronautical rating or designation.
- operational submarine duty
means duty—
- proficiency flying duty
means flying performed under competent orders by rated or designated officers while serving in assignments in which such skills would normally not be maintained in the performance of assigned duties.
- sea duty
means duty performed by a member—
- sole survivorship discharge
means the separation of a member from the Armed Forces, at the request of the member, pursuant to the Department of Defense policy permitting the early separation of a member who is the only surviving child in a family in which—
- special warfare officer
means an officer of a uniformed service who—
- specified form of service
means—
- submarine service
means the service performed, under regulations prescribed by the Secretary of the Navy, by a member, and the years of submarine service are computed beginning with the effective date of the initial order to perform submarine service.
- units
means the significant increments of performance prescribed as qualifying standards in regulations promulgated by the President pursuant to this section.
- Weapons of Mass Destruction Civil Support Team
means a team of members of the reserve components of the armed forces that is established under section 12310(c) of title 10 in support of emergency preparedness programs to prepare for or to respond to any emergency involving the use of a weapon of mass destruction.