There is created and established a veterans' affairs commission, consisting of 11 voting members and one nonvoting member. The 11 voting members and the alternate member shall be registered electors and shall be either on active duty in a uniformed service of the United States or serving as a traditional Guardsman/Reservist or Individual Mobilization Augmentee or they shall be honorably discharged from a uniformed service of the United States. Members shall be appointed, removed and compensated as provided by Charter Article 9-1 and applicable code sections. For purposes of this section "Uniformed Service of the United States" shall mean either the United States Army, the United States Marine Corps, the United States Navy, the United States Air Force, Space Force, the United States Coast Guard, the United States Public Health Service Commissioned Corps, or the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Commissioned Officer Corps. (Code 1979, § 8-410; Ord. No. 2021-19, § 1, 5-24-2021; Ord. No. 2020-29, § 1, 8-17-2020; Ord. No. 2012-04, § 1, 2-13-2012; Ord. No. 95-53, exhibit A (§ 8-410), 9-11-1995)