Cadet Nurse Corps means any training as a student or graduate nurse under a plan approved under section 2 of the Act of June 15, 1943 (57 Stat. 153).
Employee means an employee as defined by 5 U.S.C. 8401(11).
FERS means the Federal Employees Retirement System as established under chapter 84 of title 5, United States Code.
Government means the Federal Government and Gallaudet College.
Member means a Member of Congress as defined by 5 U.S.C. 8401(20).
Military service means honorable active service in the armed forces of the United States; in the commissioned corps of the Public Health Service after June 30, 1960; or in the commissioned corps of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, or a predecessor entity in function, after June 30, 1961. ``Military service'' does not include service in the National Guard except when ordered to active duty in the service of the United States.
Survivor means a current spouse, a child or a former spouse who is entitled to an annuity in accordance with part 843 of this chapter.