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What does "active duty" mean?

Excerpted from "Social Security Handbook". See the up-to-date, official Social Security Handbook at ssa.gov.

950. What does "active duty" mean?

The term "active duty" means:

  • full-time duty (other than active duty for training) performed by a member of the uniformed services;

  • full-time duty (other than for training purposes) as a commissioned officer of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration or its predecessor organization the Coast and Geodetic Survey, or in the Regular or Reserve Corps of the Public Health Service;

  • service as a cadet at the United States Military, Air Force, or Coast Guard Academy, or as a midshipman at the United States Naval Academy; and

  • authorized travel to or from the duties described above.

Last Revised: Nov. 29, 2005


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