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title: "10 U.S.C. § 20108"
description: "Members of Space Force: credit for service for purposes of laws providing pay and benefits for members, dependents, and survivors"
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title_number: 10
title_name: "ARMED FORCES"
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chapter_name: "STATUS AND PARTICIPATION"
section: "20108"
citation: "10 U.S.C. § 20108"
status: "current"
release_point: "119-100"
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# 10 U.S.C. § 20108 - Members of Space Force: credit for service for purposes of laws providing pay and benefits for members, dependents, and survivors

## Text

For the purposes of laws providing pay and benefits for members of the armed forces and their dependents and beneficiaries:

(1) Military training, duty, or other service performed by a member of the Space Force in a space force active status not on sustained duty shall be considered military training, duty, or other service, as the case may be, as a member of a reserve component.

(2) Sustained duty performed by a member of the Space Force under section 20105 of this title shall be considered active duty as a member of a regular component.

(3) Active duty performed by a member of the Space Force in a space force active status not on sustained duty shall be considered active duty as a member of a reserve component.

(4) Inactive-duty training performed by a member of the Space Force shall be considered inactive-duty training as a member of a reserve component.

(Added Pub. L. 118–31, div. A, title XVII, § 1715, Dec. 22, 2023, 137 Stat. 631.)