Posted on Apr 28, 2020
In what situation do reservists activated on title 10 orders qualify for veteran status?
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I'm currently activated on title 10. My current orders are cut for 180 days, but it currently looks like they will be cut short. I'm not researching this for any specific reason, but I am curious about how this will affect my DD214 and my GI Bill?
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Get all of the active duty you can. Best to be called up for a year or more. GI Bill for home loan is yours after 6 reserve years. Active Duty points are one per day for 365 each year. Go active duty for as often and as long as possible. Cheers
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SSG Hubert Stapler
You need a tour of 187 days for the VA to consider you a veteran. Yes you get some VA benefits just for being in the reserves or National Guard on active duty. The 187 days consecutively is hard for lot of reservist and National Guard to get. They are a lot of National Guard and reservist that I put in 20 and 30 years of federal service but never hit 187 day mark. And the VA considers them not a veteran on some benefits. A lot of national guard and reserve do not know this about this requirement and it can come to bite you at retirement time.
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Maj Gary Gault
Sir, Thanks for your response. I was very lucky indeed to obtain some active duty time as a Army NG and USAR officer. Best of Luck is get yourself activated for a period of time up to one year at least.
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https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/38/101
1 day on active duty (not in a training status) is all it takes to have served on "Active Duty."
Any period of active duty is recorded on a DD214.
1 day on active duty (not in a training status) is all it takes to have served on "Active Duty."
Any period of active duty is recorded on a DD214.
38 U.S. Code § 101 - Definitions
Amendment of section by section 2(a) of Pub. L. 115–55 applicable to all claims for which the Secretary of Veterans Affairs provides notice of a decision under section 5104 of this title on or after the later of 540 days after Aug. 23, 2017, or 30 days after the date on which the Secretary submits to Congress a certification of certain capabilities of the Department of Veterans Affairs to carry out the new appeals system established by Pub. L....
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Now, under the new law, anyone eligible for reserve component retirement benefits is considered a veteran. Your title 10 orders should not affect your GI Bill and your DD-214 will reflect your orders and active time.
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I remember reading about reserve retirement qualifying as veteran status. Say in my case, I complete these title 10 orders and do maybe one more contract without another title 10 activation or deployment. Not enough time to retire, but does title 10 time by itself qualify a SM for veteran status?
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SFC (Join to see)
Are your title 10 orders at least 180 days long and have you fully completed them without any issues or flags?
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SPC (Join to see)
SFC (Join to see) my title 10 orders are exactly 180 days long, but due to mission requirements, my orders and the orders of everyone in my unit are likely to get shortened to around 60-90 days.
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