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          Indeed, as petitioner acknowledged at trial, “I don’t get paid              
          allowances.”  Further, petitioner received nothing from the                 
          Federal Government, other than the retired pay to which he was              
          entitled regardless of whether he participated in the JROTC                 
          program.  Second, petitioner’s JROTC pay was not received “by               
          reason of [petitioner’s] * * * status or service as a member of             
          such uniformed services”.  Rather, as this Court has previously             
          held, the pay received by a retired officer as an instructor in             
          the JROTC program is not received by reason of the officer’s                
          status as a “member or former member” of the uniformed services,            
          but rather is received as compensation for services rendered to             
          the employing school district.  See Tucker v. Commissioner, supra           
          (citing Lyle v. Commissioner, supra at 675-676).                            

               In view of the foregoing, we hold that no portion of                   
          petitioner’s compensation from HISD is a “qualified military                
          benefit” within the meaning of section 134(a).  Petitioner’s                
          reliance on the “member or former member” language in section               
          134(b) is misplaced.                                                        

          Conclusion                                                                  

               No portion of the compensation received by petitioner in his           
          capacity as a JROTC instructor from HISD is excludable from gross           
          income.  Respondent’s determination is therefore sustained.                 

               We have considered all of the other arguments made by                  







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