active duty
noun
: employment as a full-time member of the military
After two years of active duty she entered the reserves.
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The flight’s captain was hired in October 2007 by Mesaba Airlines and served as an active duty captain and in pilot training and safety capacities, the airline said.
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Rachel Wolf, Fox News, 21 Feb. 2025
As a retired military officer, Caine will be brought back onto active duty and will have to be confirmed by the Senate in order to assume the role of the president's senior military adviser and the nation's top military officer.
—Luis Martinez, ABC News, 21 Feb. 2025
Though the military does not track its trans population, estimates vary from between 8,000 to 15,000 members – a sliver of the more than 2 million active duty and reserve US troops worldwide.
—Elizabeth Wolfe, CNN, 20 Feb. 2025
That would eventually bring the total to about 3,600 active duty troops at the border.
—Lolita C. Baldor, Chicago Tribune, 7 Feb. 2025
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Rachel Wolf, Fox News, 21 Feb. 2025
As a retired military officer, Caine will be brought back onto active duty and will have to be confirmed by the Senate in order to assume the role of the president's senior military adviser and the nation's top military officer.
—Luis Martinez, ABC News, 21 Feb. 2025
Though the military does not track its trans population, estimates vary from between 8,000 to 15,000 members – a sliver of the more than 2 million active duty and reserve US troops worldwide.
—Elizabeth Wolfe, CNN, 20 Feb. 2025
That would eventually bring the total to about 3,600 active duty troops at the border.
—Lolita C. Baldor, Chicago Tribune, 7 Feb. 2025
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“Active duty.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/active%20duty. Accessed 23 Mar. 2025.
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