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B-214806 1 (1984-07-23)

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                             THE COMPTROLLER GENERAL
    OECIDION                 OP THE UNITED        9TATE8
                             WASHINGTON. 0.C. 20548




    FILE: B-214806                DATE: July 23, 1984

    MATTER OF: Staff Sergeant Elmer Hall Jr.


    DIGEST:

        An Army Reserve member injured in an
        automobile accident while returning to his
        permanent station after attending inactive
        duty training at a training site away from
        his unit headquarters under travel orders
        is not entitled to the medical benefits of
        10 U.S.C. S 3721(2), since he had com-
        pleted the training duty involved and he
        was not under military control employed in
        inactive duty training at the time of the
        accident.

     An Army Reserve member ordered to duty at a training
site away from his unit headquarters for a period of
inactive duty training was injured in an automobile
accident while traveling between the training site and his
headquarters upon conclusion of the training. We are asked
whether in the circumstances described the member was per-
forming inactive duty training while traveling in order, to
qualify for medical benefits under. 10 U.S.C. S 3721(2)/i
Since the member had completed and been released from his
training assignment, he was not under military control
engaged in inactive duty training at the time the injury
occurred and not entitled to the benefits of 10 U.S.C.
S 3721(2).

     Staff Sergeant Elmer Hall, Jr., a United States Army
Reserve member assigned to a Reserve unit headquarters in
Hazard, Kentucky, was ordered to perform inactive duty
training in Avon (near Lexington), Kentucky, on March 19
and March 20, 1983, by Orders 03-298, Headquarters, 100th
Division (Training), Louisville, Kentucky, dated March 7,
1983. His orders directed that he proceed on temporary
duty from Hazard, report to the training site not later
than 9 a.m. March 19, and return to Hazard at the


1   The Assistant Secretary of the Army (Financial
    Management) submitted this request for a decision and
    it has been assigned control number SS-A-1435 by the
    Department of Defense Military Pay and Allowance
    Committee.


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