Broadly speaking, the following types of service time count towards your qualifying years of service: 1  Active service. 2  Active duty for training. 3  Active duty for special work.  Temporary tour of Active 1  duty. Full-time National Guard duty.  Active Guard/Reserve time.
Tennessee Flag Meaning: The three stars stand for the three distinct geographical areas of Tennessee, the lowlands of the west, the highlands of the middle and the mountains of the east. They also represent Tennessee as the third state, after the original 13, to join the Union.
Red-While the meaning of the color red in the Confederate flags remained the same, the size and usage of the colorchanged throughout its transformations. Red represented the valor of the Confederacy. As in the case of the original UnitedStates flag, it represented hardiness and the willingness to sacrifice. Red was used as a background of the most popularflag, the Battle Flag.. Other flags showed white as the background.