N.Y. General Construction Law § 13-a: Armed forces of the United States

§ 13-a. Armed forces of the United States. "Armed forces of the United

States" means the army, navy, marine corps, air force, space force and

coast guard including all components thereof, and the national guard

when in the service of the United States pursuant to call as provided by

law. Pursuant to this definition no person shall be considered a member

or veteran of the armed forces of the United States unless such member

or veteran's service therein is or was on a full-time active duty basis,

other than active duty for training or such member or veteran was

employed by the War Shipping Administration or Office of Defense

Transportation or their agents as a merchant seaman documented by the

United States Coast Guard or Department of Commerce, or as a civil

servant employed by the United States Army Transport Service (later

redesignated as the United States Army Transportation Corps, Water

Division) or the Naval Transportation Service; and who served

satisfactorily as a crew member during the period of armed conflict,

December seventh, nineteen hundred forty-one, to August fifteenth,

nineteen hundred forty-five, aboard merchant vessels in oceangoing,

i.e., foreign, intercoastal, or coastwise service as such terms are

defined under federal law (46 USCA 10301 & 10501) and further to include

"near foreign" voyages between the United States and Canada, Mexico, or

the West Indies via ocean routes, or public vessels in oceangoing

service or foreign waters and who has received a Certificate of Release

or Discharge from Active Duty and a discharge certificate, or an

Honorable Service Certificate/Report of Casualty, from the Department of

Defense or the member or veteran served as a United States civilian

employed by the American Field Service and served overseas under United

States Armies and United States Army Groups in world war II during the

period of armed conflict, December seventh, nineteen hundred forty-one

through May eighth, nineteen hundred forty-five, and (i) was discharged

or released therefrom under honorable conditions, or (ii) has a

qualifying condition, as defined in section one of the veterans'

services law, and has received a discharge other than bad conduct or

dishonorable from such service, or (iii) is a discharged LGBT veteran,

as defined in section one of the veterans' services law, and has

received a discharge other than bad conduct or dishonorable from such

service, or the member or veteran served as a United States civilian

Flight Crew and Aviation Ground Support Employee of Pan American World

Airways or one of its subsidiaries or its affiliates and served overseas

as a result of Pan American's contract with Air Transport Command or

Naval Air Transport Service during the period of armed conflict,

December fourteenth, nineteen hundred forty-one through August

fourteenth, nineteen hundred forty-five, and (iv) was discharged or

released therefrom under honorable conditions, or (v) has a qualifying

condition, as defined in section one of the veterans' services law, and

has received a discharge other than bad conduct or dishonorable from

such service, or (vi) is a discharged LGBT veteran, as defined in

section one of the veterans' services law, and has received a discharge

other than bad conduct or dishonorable from such service.