[Code of Federal Regulations] [Title 5, Volume 2, Parts 700 to 1199] [Revised as of January 1, 2001] From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access [CITE: 5CFR842.302] [Page 272-273] TITLE 5--ADMINISTRATIVE PERSONNEL CHAPTER I--OFFICE OF PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT (Continued) PART 842--FEDERAL EMPLOYEES RETIREMENT SYSTEM--BASIC ANNUITY--Table of Contents Subpart C--Credit for Service Sec. 842.302 Definitions. Cadet Nurse Corps means any training as a student or graduate nurse under a plan approved under section 2 of the Act of June 15, 1943 (57 Stat. 153). Employee means an employee as defined by 5 U.S.C. 8401(11). FERS means the Federal Employees Retirement System as established under chapter 84 of title 5, United States Code. Government means the Federal Government and Gallaudet College. Member means a Member of Congress as defined by 5 U.S.C. 8401(20). Military service means honorable active service in the armed forces of the United States; in the commissioned corps of the Public Health Service after June 30, 1960; or in the commissioned corps of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, or a predecessor entity in function, after June 30, 1961. ``Military service'' does not include service in the National Guard except when ordered to active [[Page 273]] duty in the service of the United States. Survivor means a current spouse, a child or a former spouse who is entitled to an annuity in accordance with part 843 of this chapter.