Section 4.11 - Veteran's Sea Time Credit(1) Any applicant who is a member of any uniformed service of the United States of America may apply as sea time credit any time during which the applicant served on active duty, and the time shall be applied as experience toward the required experience in the following manner:(a) Military service in command of a vessel shall be applied as credit toward any requirements for service as Master;(b) Military services as second-in-command of a vessel shall be applied as credit toward any requirements for service in the capacity of chief mate; and(c) Military sea service in a capacity as an officer in charge of a navigational bridge watch shall be applied as credit toward any sea service requirements other than those in the capacity of master or chief mate.(2) No person's status as a veteran or as a military reservist, and no person's susceptibility to recall to military active duty, shall diminish the person's eligibility for selection for pilot candidate training or for warrant or full branch pilot commission.