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In addition to your part-time CalPERS service, your current National Guard service would be counted toward one full year of service credit in a given fiscal year. Please contact CalPERS if you have additional questions regarding these situations.
Federal law, Title 10 section 2106, prohibits the Army from counting a Soldier's time in the Reserve Officers' Training Corps toward time in service.
As part of your service commitment as an Army National Guard Soldier, you are required to spend one weekend a month and two weeks a year in training. Your total service contract length may range from three to six years, depending on your Army National Guard job.
During drill or battle assembly weekends, SMP Cadets shadow platoon leaders or executive officers and function as assistant Lieutenants at their assigned National Guard or Army Reserve unit. SMP Cadets wear ROTC rank and execute the duties of a new Second Lieutenant in a supervised, on-the-job-training environment.
For the purposes of veterans' benefits and services, Reserve and National Guard members are recognized as having served on active duty if they have a period of at least 180 days on federal orders outside of training.