Broadly speaking, the following types of service time count towards your qualifying years of service: 1  Active service. 2  Active duty for training. 3  Active duty for special work.  Temporary tour of Active 1  duty. Full-time National Guard duty.  Active Guard/Reserve time.
Tennessee Flag Meaning: The three stars stand for the three distinct geographical areas of Tennessee, the lowlands of the west, the highlands of the middle and the mountains of the east. They also represent Tennessee as the third state, after the original 13, to join the Union.
The Tennessee flag was adopted in 1905. The designer of the flag, LeRoy Reeves stated that the three stars represent the three geographic regions of the state of Tennessee: Thâ¦e Great Smokey Mountains to the east, the rolling hills and farmland in the middle, and the rich bottom-land cotton growing region bordering the Mississippi River.