(a) National Guard of the Virgin Islands means the National Guard of the Virgin Islands and any other military force organized under the laws of the Virgin Islands.
(b) Officer means a Commissioned or Warrant Officer.
(c) Member means a person other than a Commissioned Officer who is now listed in the National Guard of the Virgin Islands.
(d) Grade means a step or degree in a graduated scale of officer or military rank which is established and designated by Federal law or regulation.
(e) Federal Recognition means a determination by an authorized federal official that a unit or member of the National Guard possesses the qualifications prescribed by Federal law or regulation.
(f) Territorial Military Service means service in or with a force of the Virgin Islands National Guard and shall include:
(1) Territorial Active Military Service (TAMS) pursuant to section 1519(a) of this chapter;
(2) Title 32 U.S.C. Active Guard Reserve (Full-time Training Duty or Full-time National Guard Duty);
(3) Territorial Inactive Military Service periods (TIMS) pursuant to section 1519(b) of this chapter;
(4) Standby Active Militia (SAM)—All officers and members in the active militia not in federal service are, for territorial purposes, on SAM duty when not serving in one of the other three duty statuses.
(g) Federal Active Duty means full-time duty active military service authorized by Federal law and duly ordered by an authorized Federal official.
(h) Training Duty means any other military duty authorized by law and not included in subsections (f) or (g) of this section.
(i) Military Court means court-martial, courts of inquiry, Military Courts of Review, Court of Military Appeals and any other courts authorized by this chapter.
(j) Military Judge means a person admitted to practice law before the District Court of the Virgin Islands, or a Federal Court, the Virgin Islands, or a Federal Court, designated as an officer in a military court.
(k) Judge Advocate of the Virgin Islands means the officer with a lawyer's degree, admitted to practice before the District Court of the Virgin Islands or before a Federal Court, responsible for supervising the administration of military justice in the National Guard.
(l) Military refers to any and or all of the military forces.
(m) Convening authority includes, in addition to the person who appointed a military court, the acting commanding officer or successor of a commanding officer.
(n) Code means this Part.
(o) Territory means or refers to the Territory of the Virgin Islands.