If an Eligible Individual who is an employee enters full-time active duty in the Uniformed Services of the United States and notifies the Administrative Office within 90 days of entering active duty, such individual and his Dependents shall cease to be Eligible Individuals. Such Eligible Individual can submit a written election to continue health coverage to the Administrative Office within 60 days of entering the Uniformed Services full-time.

The maximum period such an employee and employee's Dependents shall continue to be Eligible Individuals as a result shall be the lesser of:

Those employee Eligible Individuals that elect to continue health coverage for themselves during Uniformed Services absence and/or their Dependents must pay for the continuation coverage. Payment shall be in the same amount and form as that made for COBRA continuation coverage. Please note that life insurance, accidental death and dismemberment coverage and weekly disability benefits cannot be continued.

The employee will be reinstated as a regular Eligible Individual as of the first day of reemployment, provided he returns to work for a Contributing Employer within 90 days from discharge from full-time active duty. An active Carpenter that loses eligibility as a result of entering the Uniformed Services shall have the hours in his reserve account preserved until the active Carpenter returns to work, provided he is reemployed by a Contributing Employer within 90 days of discharge.

NOTE: Dependents who enter the Uniformed Services cannot continue their benefits---they are ineligible for benefits under the Trust.