Active Duty Service Determinations for Civilian or Contratual Groups

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identifier: "/us/fr/E8-23966"
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legal_status: "authoritative_unofficial"
title: "Active Duty Service Determinations for Civilian or Contratual Groups"
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title_name: "Federal Register"
section_number: "E8-23966"
section_name: "Active Duty Service Determinations for Civilian or Contratual Groups"
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currency: "2008-10-09"
last_updated: "2008-10-09"
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generator: "[email protected]"
agency: "Defense Department"
document_number: "E8-23966"
document_type: "notice"
publication_date: "2008-10-09"
agencies:
  - "Defense Department"
  - "Air Force Department"
fr_citation: "73 FR 59613"
fr_volume: 73
---


#  Active Duty Service Determinations for Civilian or Contratual Groups

**SUMMARY:**

On September 24, 2008, the Secretary of the Air Force, acting as Executive Agent of the Secretary of Defense, determined that the service of the group known as the “Vietnamese Citizens Who Served in Vietnam Under Contract With the U.S. Armed Forces and Were Assigned to Reconnaissance Teams and Exploitation Forces Within the Military Assistance Command, Studies and Observations Group (MACVSOG), Ground Operations OP-35, Command and Control (C&C), From January 1964 to April 1972.”

Shall not be considered “active duty” for purposes of all laws administered by the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA).

**FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:**

Contact Mr. James D. Johnston at the Secretary of the Air Force Personnel Council (SAFPC); 1535 Command Drive, EE Wing, 3d Fl.; Andrews AFB, MD 20762-7002.

Bao-Anh Trinh,

Air Force Federal Register Liaison Officer.