2023 New York Laws › MIL - Military › Article 1 - The Militia of the State › 1 - Definitions.

§ 1. Definitions.  As used in this chapter:
1. The terms "New York national guard" and "national guard" shall mean
  the New York army national guard and the New York air national guard.
2. The term "naval militia" shall mean the New York naval militia.
3.  The  terms  "military" and "military and naval" shall mean army or
  land, air or air force and navy or naval.
4. The terms "military or naval"  and  "military  (including  air)  or
  naval" shall mean army or land, air or air force or navy or naval.
5.  The  term "military service of the state" as to military personnel
  shall mean service in or with a force of the organized militia or in the
  division of military and naval affairs of the  executive  department  of
  the  state.  As  to  civilian  personnel,  it  shall mean service in the
  division of military and naval affairs and not in the civil  service  of
  the state.
6.  The  terms  "active service" and "active duty" shall mean military
  duty in or with a force of the  organized  militia  (not  including  the
  inactive  national guard and not including the New York guard when in an
  inactive status) or in the division of military and naval affairs of the
  executive department of the state, either in a full time status or in  a
  part-time  status, depending upon the conditions under which the duty is
  performed.
7. The term "on the active list" shall mean on the rolls of a force of
  the organized militia, not including the inactive national guard and not
  including the New York guard when in an inactive status.
8. The terms "active military service of the United  States"  and  "in
  the  armed forces of the United States" shall mean full time duty in the
  army, navy (including marine corps), air force or  coast  guard  of  the
  United States.
9.  The  term  "force of the organized militia" shall mean, severally,
  the army national guard, the air national  guard,  the  New  York  naval
  militia,  the  New York guard when organized, and such additional forces
  as may be created by the  governor  pursuant  to  section  two  of  this
  chapter.
10.  The  terms  "commissioned  officer" and "officer" shall mean male
  commissioned officer, female commissioned officer appointed to serve  as
  a  nurse  or  medical  specialist, or other female commissioned officer,
  otherwise qualified, when authorized by federal statute. The terms "he",
  "his" and "him", when used with relation to  "commissioned  officer"  or
  "officer" shall also mean she, hers and her, respectively.
11.  The  term  "warrant officer" shall mean male commissioned warrant
  officer or male warrant officer, or female commissioned warrant  officer
  or  female  warrant  officer,  otherwise  qualified,  when authorized by
  federal statute. The  terms  "he",  "his"  and  "him",  when  used  with
  relation  to  the  term  "warrant officer" shall also mean she, hers and
  her, respectively.
12. The terms "enlisted personnel" and "enlisted  person"  shall  mean
  male  enlisted  personnel  and  male  enlisted  person respectively, and
  female  enlisted  personnel  and  female  enlisted   person,   otherwise
  qualified, when authorized by federal statute. The terms "he", "his" and
  "him",  when  used  with  relation to "enlisted personnel" and "enlisted
  person" shall also mean she, hers and her, respectively.