hostile force or individual
Defined in 2 places of the United States Code.
“hostile force or individual” means a nation, a subject of a foreign nation, or an individual serving a foreign nation—
(A) engaged in a war against the United States or any of its allies;
(B) engaged in armed conflict, whether or not war has been declared, against the United States or any of its allies; or
(C) engaged in a war or armed conflict between military forces of any origin in a country in which an individual to whom this subchapter applies is serving;
Source
- 1994–present5 U.S.C. § 8101Government Organization and Employees · Definitions · in this section
the terms “employee”, “agency”,1 “injury”, “war-risk hazard”, and “hostile force or individual” have the meanings given those terms in section 8101; and
Source
- 2011–present5 U.S.C. § 7906Government Organization and Employees · Services of post-combat case coordinators · for purposes of this section