active duty
the status of full-time service: on active duty.
- Also called active service.
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How to use active duty in a sentence
His leg injury from an accident while on active duty required about 20 surgeries, making him what he called “a professional patient.”
TheDonald’s owner speaks out on why he finally pulled plug on hate-filled site | Craig Timberg, Drew Harwell | February 5, 2021 | Washington PostOf note, the majority of the rioters with military backgrounds were veterans, not active duty, meaning they were not under the supervision of the Department of Defense.
The U.S. Military Needs to Fight Extremism in Its Own Ranks. Here's How | James Stavridis | February 5, 2021 | TimeAirlines said exceptions will be made for law enforcement officials with proper credentials and active duty military traveling on orders.
Major U.S. air carriers bar passengers from checking guns on D.C.-bound flights | Lori Aratani | January 14, 2021 | Washington PostThere’s a long history in this country of both active duty military and veterans becoming radicalized.
Security Officials Face the Possibility of a Threat from the Inside on Inauguration Day | Kimberly Dozier | January 14, 2021 | TimeIn Trawick’s case, the NYPD said both officers remain on active duty.
It Wasn’t the First Time the NYPD Killed Someone in Crisis. For Kawaski Trawick, It Only Took 112 Seconds. | by Eric Umansky | December 4, 2020 | ProPublica
Active-duty spies would read him and they talked to him, and often it was hard to tell where fiction and fact diverged.
This Sexy Thriller Is Just the Document the Benghazi Commission Needs | Christopher Dickey | September 15, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTIn an active-duty force of 1.1 million, this equals a reported assault rate of 3.8 per 1,000 service members.
Why These Marines Love ‘Frozen’—and Why It Matters | Aaron B. O’Connell | June 27, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTHe had left the active duty military and hit what he has since called his personal “rock bottom,” including a suicide attempt.
What Comes After the Medal of Honor: An Interview with Dakota Meyer | Brian Van Reet | May 4, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTActive-duty personnel alone amount to more than 1.3 million people, augmented by another 800,000 reservists.
Let’s Put Things in Perspective: You’re Still Safer on a Military Base | Robert Beckhusen | April 7, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTHe has continued on active duty and received promotions for time served.
In 1800 he was relieved by St Vincent, and retired from active duty after fifty-nine years' service.
The service now scarcely admitted it, and the active duty apparently restored his health; at all events we now hear no more of it.
The Life of Nelson, Vol. I (of 2) | A. T. (Alfred Thayer) MahanHis retirement from active duty and long delays in publication greatly handicapped him in producing a satisfactory piece of work.
A History of Bibliographies of Bibliographies | Archer TaylorFor three years Hubert was on active duty, when he became one of the unlucky prisoners at Salisbury.
Hubert's Wife | Minnie Mary LeeIt had evidently been written just before Tom had been called to active duty in the trenches.
Ruth Fielding In the Red Cross | Alice B. Emerson
Other Idioms and Phrases with active duty
Full-time service, as in Julian is 81, but he still comes to the office every day and is very much on active duty. This term comes from the military, where it stands in opposition to reserve, which refers to troops still in the military but not actively engaged. It is occasionally transferred to civilian matters as well. [First half of 1800s]
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