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Encyclopedia > Uniformed services

Uniformed Services refers to bodies of people in the employ of a state that are not employed on standard terms of contract, but have some element of additional discipline, and wear a uniform. A state is an organized political community occupying a definite territory, having an organized government, and possessing internal and external sovereignty. ... This page describes uniform in the sense of clothing. ...


Typically the uniformed services of a state include:

In some countries the following may also be included: Firefighter in full turn out gear with an axe DC-FEMS firefighters working a pizzeria fire in the District of Columbia A firefighter is a person who is trained and equipped to put out fires, rescue people, and in some areas provide emergency medical services. ...

  • tax or customs officials
  • immigration service officers
  • coastguard service personnel

Also see: United States Uniformed Services


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Title 38 (9144 words)
(d) Any person whose employment with an employer is interrupted by a period of service in the uniformed services shall be permitted, upon request of that person, to use during such period of service any vacation, annual, or similar leave with pay accrued by the person before the commencement of such service.
(B) Each period served by a person in the uniformed services shall, upon reemployment under this chapter, be deemed to constitute service with the employer or employers maintaining the plan for the purpose of determining the nonforfeitability of the person's accrued benefits and for the purpose of determining the accrual of benefits under the plan.
Any service pursuant to orders issued under such section 502(f) served after 60 days after the date of the enactment of this act, regardless of when begun, shall be considered under the amendments made by this act.
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