Code of Massachusetts Regulations › 960 CMR - OFFICE OF THE STATE TREASURER AND RECEIVER GENERAL › Title 960 CMR 7.00 - Procedures For The Administration Of Certain Bonuses Awarded To Eligible Service Members › Section 7.02 - Definitions

Current through Register 1525, July 5, 2024
Unless otherwise enumerated below, all definitions associated
				with 960 CMR
				7.00 shall be the definitions outlined in M.G.L. c.
				10, § 78.
Activation
. An order to Active Duty,
				other than for training, in the federal or state service.
Active Duty
. Full-time duty in the
				active military service of the United States. The term does not include
				full-time duty in the Army National Guard or Air National Guard.
Active Duty for Training
. A tour of
				Active Duty that is used for training members of the reserve component and the
				Army National Guard and Air National Guard to provide trained units and
				qualified persons to fill the needs of the Armed Forces of the United States in
				time of war or national emergency and such other times as national security
				requires.
Active Guard Reserve
. A United States
				Army and United States Air Force federal military program which places members
				of the Army National Guard, Army Reserve, Air National Guard, and Air Force
				Reserve on federal active duty status under Title 10 U.S.C., or full-time
				National Guard duty under Title
				32 U.S.C.
				502(f) for a period of 180
				consecutive days or greater in order to provide full-time support to National
				Guard and Reserve organizations for the purpose of leading, organizing,
				administering, recruiting, instructing, or training the reserve components
				according to 10 U.S.C.
				§
									101(d)(6)(A).
Active Service
. Service on active duty
				or full-time Army National Guard or Air National Guard duty.
Active
				Service
shall not include Active Duty for Training in the Army
				National Guard or Air National Guard or active duty of training as a reservist
				in the Armed Forces of the United States.
Adjutant General
. A person appointed
				by the Governor who under M.G.L. c. 33, § 15(a) is the commander of a
				state's military forces, including the National Guard, Naval Militia, and any
				state defense forces.
Applicant
. A person(s) or legal entity
				legally entitled to make a claim for a veterans' bonus that has been authorized
				under the General Laws or Special Acts. An applicant may be a veteran eligible
				for the bonus, a family member of the veteran, or a court-appointed
				representative of a veteran eligible for the bonus. An applicant may be a
				full-time active service member.
Armed Forces
. The United States Army,
				United States Army Reserve, United States Navy, United States Naval Reserve,
				United States Marine Corps, United States Marine Corps Reserve, United States
				Merchant Marine, United States Coast Guard, United States Coast Guard Reserve,
				Army Nurse Corps, Navy Nurse Corps, United States Air Force, United States Air
				Force Reserve, United States Space Force, Active Guard Reserve, Air National
				Guard and Army National Guard and including women's branches of said armed
				forces.
Armed Forces Expeditionary Medal or
				AFEM
. The medal established on December 4, 1961, to be awarded to
				members of the United States Armed Forces who, after July 1, 1958, have
				participated in a United States military operation and encountered foreign
				armed opposition, or were in danger of hostile action by foreign armed
				forces.
Commonwealth
. The Commonwealth of
				Massachusetts.
Contingency Operation
. A military
				operation that is designated by the United States Secretary of Defense as an
				operation in which members of the armed forces are or may become involved in
				military actions, operations, or hostilities against an enemy of the United
				States or against an opposing military force, or results in the call or order
				to, or retention on, active duty of members of the uniformed services under
				10 U.S.C. §§
									688,
				12301(a),
				12302,
				12304,
				12304a,
				12305, or
				12406, 10 U.S.C. c. 13,
				14 U.S.C. §
									3713, or any other provision of law during a
				war or during a national emergency declared by the President of the United
				States or the Congress of the United States.
COVID-19 Massachusetts State of
				Emergency
. The state of emergency declared on March 10,2020, by
				the Governor of the Commonwealth.
Deployment
. Movement from a military
				service member's Home Station, pursuant to orders, which makes it impossible or
				infeasible for the member to spend off-duty time in their Home Station.
DD Form 214 or DD-214
. The term refers
				to the DD Form 214 or the Certificate of Release or Discharge from Active Duty.
				The DD Form 214 is issued upon a service member's retirement, separation, or
				discharge from active duty in the Armed Forces of the United States. As
				appropriate, DD Form 214 includes a member's Copy 4, or any available long form
				copy, identifying the veteran's condition of discharge, e.g. Honorable, General
				(Under Honorable Conditions), Other Than Honorable, Dishonorable or Bad
				Conduct.
Enlistment Period
: The period
				beginning on the date the service member enters military service and ending on
				the date the service member is released or discharged from military service or
				dies while in military service. A service member may re-enter military service
				following the completion of a previous enlistment thereby establishing a new
				enlistment period.
Home Station
. The permanent location
				of active duty units and reserve component units.
Global War on Terror
or
GWOT
. An international, United States-led military
				campaign launched following the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks.
Global War on Terror Operations
.
				Operation Enduring Freedom, Operation Iraqi Freedom, Operation Noble Eagle,
				Operation Inherent Resolve, Operation Freedom Sentinel, or any successor or
				related operation.
Heir(s)-at-Law
. Except as controlled
				by M.G.L. c. 190B, Art. II, § 2-711, persons, including the surviving
				spouse and the Commonwealth, who are entitled under the statutes of intestate
				succession to the property of a decedent.
Hostile Fire or Imminent Danger
				Location
. The areas identified in the United States Department of
				Defense Financial Management Regulation (DoD 7000.14-R, volume 7A, c. 10), or
				certified by the appropriate commander.
Operation
. A series of tactical
				actions, such as battles, engagements, and strikes, conducted by combat forces
				coordinated in time and place, to achieve strategic or operational objectives
				in an operational area. An Operation may entail the process of carrying on
				combat, including movement, supply, attack, defense, and maneuvers needed to
				achieve the objective of any battle or campaign. An Operation need not involve
				combat.
Veterans' Bonus Appeal Board
or
Board
. The payments' appeal board that consists of a
				member of the Treasury to be designated by the State Treasurer and Receiver
				General; an Assistant Attorney General to be designated by the State Attorney
				General; and the Adjutant General or a designee. The member of the Treasury
				designated by the State Treasurer and Receiver General shall be the Chair of
				the Board.
Veterans' Bonus Division
. The
				Department within the Office of the State Treasurer and Receiver General that
				administers and distributes bonuses for eligible active duty, discharged, and
				deceased Massachusetts veterans who served during various conflicts in single
				or multiple deployments.