Hearings on H.R. 4367 and H.R. 6688: Hearings Before the Subcommittee on Compensation, Pension, Insurance, and Memorial Affairs of the Committee on Veterans' Affairs, House of Representatives, Ninety-sixth Congress, Second Session, Re Measures which Would Limit Veterans Benefits and Services, April 22 and 28, 1980

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Page 48 - Active duty" means full-time duty in the active military service of the United States. It includes duty on the active list, 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. (23) "Active duty for a period of more than 30 days" means active duty under a call or order that does not specify a period of 30 days or less.
Page 234 - I, AB, do solemnly swear (or affirm) that I will bear true faith and allegiance to the United States of America; that I will serve them honestly and faithfully against all their enemies whomsoever; and that I will obey the orders of the President of the United States and the orders of the officers appointed over me, according to the rules and articles of war.
Page 269 - veteran" means a person who served in the active military, naval, or air service, and who was discharged or released therefrom under conditions other than dishonorable.
Page 223 - President may drop from the rolls of any armed force any commissioned officer (1) who has been absent without authority for at least three months, or (2) who is sentenced to confinement in a Federal or State penitentiary or correctional institution...
Page 269 - That section provides, in pertinent part, that the discharge of any person on the ground that he was a conscientious objector who refused to perform military duty or refused to wear the uniform or otherwise to comply with lawful orders of competent military authority, shall bar all rights (except government insurance) of such person under laws administered by the Veterans Administration based upon the period of service from which discharged or dismissed.
Page 241 - Veteran" means a person who served in the active military, naval, or air service and who was discharged or released under conditions other than dishonorable. For compensation and dependency and indemnity compensation the term "veteran" includes a person who died in active service.
Page 269 - ... shall bar all rights (except government insurance) of such person under laws administered by the Veterans Administration based upon the period of service from which discharged or dismissed. The only exception is in cases in which it is established, to the satisfaction of the Administrator, that the member was insane.
Page 269 - ... forces, or the discharge of any such person on the ground that he was a conscientious objector who refused to perform military duty or refused to wear the uniform or otherwise to comply with lawful orders of competent military authority, or as...
Page 227 - A failure to comply with any of the procedural provisions of this chapter will not invalidate a punishment imposed under Article 15, except to the extent that may be required by a clear and affirmative showing of injury to a substantial right of the person on whom the punishment was imposed, which right was neither expressly nor impliedly waived.
Page 12 - Recommendations will be submitted through military channels to the Deputy Chief of Staff for personnel, Headquarters, Department of the Army, Washington 25, DC, Attn: Office of Civilian Personnel.

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