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take FMLA leave to provide care to the covered servicemember, either consecutively or <br />simultaneously. When such designation has been made, the designated individual shall be <br />deemed to be the covered servicemember's only next of kin. <br />• "Covered active duty" means: <br />o "Covered active duty" for members of a regular component of the Armed Forces <br />means duty during deployment of the member with the Armed Forces to a foreign <br />country. <br />o "Covered active duty" for members of the reserve components of the Armed Forces <br />(members of the U.S. National Guard and Reserves) means duty during deployment <br />of the member with the Armed Forces to a foreign country under a call or order to <br />active duty in a contingency operation as defined in section 101(a)(13)(B) of Title 10 <br />of the United States Code. <br />• "Covered servicemember" means: <br />o An Armed Forces member (including the National Guard or Reserves) undergoing <br />medical treatment, recuperation, or therapy, or otherwise in outpatient status or on the <br />temporary disability retired list, for a serious injury or illness; or <br />o A veteran who is undergoing medical treatment, recuperation, or therapy for a serious <br />injury or illness and who was a member of the Armed Forces (including a member of <br />the National Guard or Reserves) at any time during the period of 5 years preceding <br />the date on which the veteran undergoes that medical treatment, recuperation, or <br />therapy. <br />• "Serious injury or illness" means: <br />o In the case of a member of the Armed Forces (including a member of the National <br />Guard or Reserves), means an injury or illness that was incurred by the member in <br />line of duty on active duty in the Armed Forces (or existed before the beginning of <br />the member's active duty and was aggravated by service in line of duty on active duty <br />in the Armed Forces) and that may render the member medically unfit to perform the <br />duties of the member's office, grade, rank, or rating; and <br />o In the case of a veteran who was a member of the Armed Forces (including a member <br />of the National Guard or Reserves) at any time during a period when the person was a <br />covered servicemember, means a qualifying (as defined by the Secretary of Labor) <br />injury or illness incurred by a covered servicemember in the line of duty on active <br />duty that may render the servicemember medically unfit to perform the duties of his <br />or her office, grade, rank, or rating. <br />Amount of Leave: Qualified Exigency <br />An eligible employee can take up to 12 weeks of leave for a qualified exigency. <br />Amount of Leave: Military Caregiver <br />An eligible employee taking military caregiver leave is entitled to 26 workweeks of leave during <br />a "single 12-month period." The "single 12-month period" begins on the first day the eligible <br />employee takes FMLA leave to care for a covered servicemember and ends 12 months after that <br />date. <br />Leave taken for any FMLA reason counts towards the 26-week entitlement. If an employee does <br />not take all 26 workweeks of leave to care for a covered servicemember during this "single 12- <br />39 <br />