Not quite correct. If the training was given outside the US and by an instructor qualified under an ICAO country's jurisdiction then all the time can count.
ref:
§ 61.41 Flight training received from flight instructors not certificated by the FAA.
(a) A person may credit flight training toward the requirements of a pilot certificate or rating issued under this part, if that person received the training from:
(1) A flight instructor of an Armed Force in a program for training military pilots of either—
(i) The United States; or
(ii) A foreign contracting State to the Convention on International Civil Aviation.
(2) A flight instructor who is authorized to give such training by the licensing authority of a foreign contracting State to the Convention on International Civil Aviation, and the flight training is given outside the United States. (my bolding)
(b) A flight instructor described in paragraph (a) of this section is only authorized to give endorsements to show training given.
Last edited by Tinstaafl; 16th Apr 2004 at 09:56.