NY Gen Const L § 13-A (2021)
2021 New York Laws GCN - General Construction Article 2 - Meaning of Terms 13-A - Armed Forces of the United States.

§ 13-a. Armed forces of the United States. "Armed forces of the United   States"  means  the army, navy, marine corps, air force and coast guard,   including all components thereof, and the national  guard  when  in  the   service  of  the  United  States  pursuant  to  call as provided by law.   Pursuant to this definition no person shall be considered  a  member  or   veteran  of  the  armed  forces  of  the United States unless his or her   service therein is or was on a full-time active duty basis,  other  than   active  duty  for training or he or she was employed by the War Shipping   Administration or Office of Defense Transportation or their agents as  a   merchant   seaman  documented  by  the  United  States  Coast  Guard  or   Department of Commerce, or as a civil servant  employed  by  the  United   States  Army  Transport Service (later redesignated as the United States   Army Transportation Corps, Water Division) or the  Naval  Transportation   Service;  and  who  served  satisfactorily  as  a crew member during the   period of armed conflict, December seventh, nineteen hundred  forty-one,   to  August  fifteenth,  nineteen  hundred  forty-five,  aboard  merchant   vessels in oceangoing, i.e., foreign, intercoastal, or coastwise service   as such terms are defined under federal law (46 USCA 10301 & 10501)  and   further  to include "near foreign" voyages between the United States and   Canada, Mexico, or the West Indies via ocean routes, or  public  vessels   in  oceangoing  service  or  foreign  waters  and  who  has  received  a   Certificate of Release or Discharge from Active  Duty  and  a  discharge   certificate,  or  an  Honorable  Service Certificate/Report of Casualty,   from the Department of Defense or he or she served as  a  United  States   civilian  employed  by  the  American  Field Service and served overseas   under United States Armies and United States Army Groups in world war II   during the period of armed conflict, December seventh, nineteen  hundred   forty-one  through  May eighth, nineteen hundred forty-five, and (i) was   discharged or released therefrom under honorable conditions, or (ii) has   a qualifying condition, as defined in section three hundred fifty of the   executive law, and has received a discharge other than  bad  conduct  or   dishonorable  from  such service, or (iii) is a discharged LGBT veteran,   as defined in section three hundred fifty of the executive law, and  has   received  a  discharge  other than bad conduct or dishonorable from such   service, or he or she served as a United States civilian Flight Crew and   Aviation Ground Support Employee of Pan American World Airways or one of   its subsidiaries or its affiliates and served overseas as  a  result  of   Pan  American's  contract  with  Air  Transport  Command  or  Naval  Air   Transport  Service  during  the  period  of  armed  conflict,   December   fourteenth,   nineteen  hundred  forty-one  through  August  fourteenth,   nineteen  hundred  forty-five,  and  (iv)  was  discharged  or  released   therefrom under honorable conditions, or (v) has a qualifying condition,   as  defined in section three hundred fifty of the executive law, and has   received a discharge other than bad conduct or  dishonorable  from  such   service,  or  (vi)  is  a discharged LGBT veteran, as defined in section   three hundred fifty of the executive law, and has received  a  discharge   other than bad conduct or dishonorable from such service.