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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Krikorian says Trump might try to test the limits by using active duty troops to assist directly in immigration enforcement.
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Joel Rose, NPR, 27 Jan. 2025
President Joe Biden also sent active duty troops to the border in 2023, and numerous administrations have sent National Guard troops to assist Customs and Border Protection.
—Democrat-Gazette Staff From Wire Reports, arkansasonline.com, 25 Jan. 2025
Additionally, more than 4,100 personnel from the Texas National Guard remain on active duty under Operation Lone Star, reinforcing ongoing border security and enforcement operations.
—Gordon G. Chang, Newsweek, 24 Jan. 2025
The Williams Institute, a public policy research organization affiliated with the University of California, Los Angeles School of Law, estimated in 2014 that roughly 15,500 transgender people were serving on active duty or in the guard or reserve forces, and another 134,000 were veterans.
—Brooke Migdon, The Hill, 16 Jan. 2025
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Joel Rose, NPR, 27 Jan. 2025
President Joe Biden also sent active duty troops to the border in 2023, and numerous administrations have sent National Guard troops to assist Customs and Border Protection.
—Democrat-Gazette Staff From Wire Reports, arkansasonline.com, 25 Jan. 2025
Additionally, more than 4,100 personnel from the Texas National Guard remain on active duty under Operation Lone Star, reinforcing ongoing border security and enforcement operations.
—Gordon G. Chang, Newsweek, 24 Jan. 2025
The Williams Institute, a public policy research organization affiliated with the University of California, Los Angeles School of Law, estimated in 2014 that roughly 15,500 transgender people were serving on active duty or in the guard or reserve forces, and another 134,000 were veterans.
—Brooke Migdon, The Hill, 16 Jan. 2025
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“Active duty.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/active%20duty. Accessed 1 Feb. 2025.
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