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 Legislature adopted the current flag in 1905. In a 2013 article, vexillologist Steven A Knowlton argues that the Tennessee flag has pragmatic unity with the Confederate flag: both share the element of white stars inside a fimbriated blue charge, and the element of that blue charge on a red field..