### Question
What does member of a uniformed service mean?


### Answer
**Member of a uniformed service** has the following meaning in *42 U.S.C. § 410*:

> any person appointed, enlisted, or inducted in a component of the Army, Navy, Air Force, Marine Corps, or Coast Guard (including a reserve component as defined in section 101(27) of title 38), or in one of those services without specification of component, or as a commissioned officer of the Coast and Geodetic Survey, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Corps, or the Regular or Reserve Corps [4](#410_4_target) of the Public Health Service, and any person serving in the Army or Air Force under call or conscription

#### Citation:
  - *42 U.S.C. § 410*
  - Heading: **CHAPTER 7-SOCIAL SECURITY > SUBCHAPTER II-FEDERAL OLD-AGE, SURVIVORS, AND DISABILITY INSURANCE BENEFITS**

