How to Use active duty in a Sentence

active duty

noun

• Iran has one million troops under arms, about two-thirds on active duty.
  — James Stavridis, The Mercury News, 8 Oct. 2024
• But elite military or law enforcement specialists spend the vast majority of their time training, not on daily active duty.
  — Sarah Fitzpatrick, NBC News, 5 Oct. 2024
• The 69-year-old spent 27 years on active duty in the Navy and then retired to spend more time with his children.
  — Kristen Baldwin, EW.com, 19 Sep. 2024
• Death of a member of the Armed Forces from that state who dies while serving on active duty.
  — Chris Sims, The Courier-Journal, 14 May 2024
• Around 200 members of Hezbollah have been killed, many of them not on active duty.
  — Leo Sands, Washington Post, 10 Mar. 2024
• The officer remained at the crash site and is still on active duty, police said.
  — Dallas News, 20 Feb. 2023
• According to the report, 2,100 troops have been put on active duty to help manage the influx.
  — Michael Lee, Fox News, 18 Feb. 2024
• The service of hymns and prayer will be followed by a Memorial Roll Call of members of the armed services who died in active duty.
  — Linda McIntosh, San Diego Union-Tribune, 20 May 2024
• He is still employed by the department, though not on active duty.
  — Ali Winston, The Mercury News, 1 Aug. 2024
• The holy day brought a number of alumni to the campus that weekend – former students on active duty with the IDF, who happened to bring their weapons.
  — Eben Brown, Fox News, 28 Dec. 2023
• But Jackson and Montgomery entered active duty less than a decade ago.
  — Gary Robbins, San Diego Union-Tribune, 11 Mar. 2024
• The deputy, who has not yet been interviewed as part of the investigation, is still on active duty, Woo said.
  — Noah Goldberg, Los Angeles Times, 10 July 2023
• The Marine is on active duty and assigned to the battalion stationed at Camp Pendleton, Palmer said.
  — Nathan Solis, Los Angeles Times, 7 July 2023
• In August, the U.S. Navy struck one of its most powerful ships from the rolls of active duty, heading for a well-deserved retirement.
  — Kyle Mizokami, Popular Mechanics, 1 Sep. 2023
• And as of today, there is not one member of the United States military who is in active duty in a combat zone in any war zone around the world, the first time this century.
  — Maya Marchel Hoff, USA TODAY, 11 Sep. 2024
• Owen retired a year earlier, in 2017, after more than two decades of serving in active duty.
  — Lisa Hagen, Hartford Courant, 9 Aug. 2024
• As of today, there is not one member of the United States military who is in active duty in a combat zone in any war zone around the world, the first time this century.
  — ABC News, 15 Sep. 2024
• As part of that a contest was held by the Air Force Recruiting Service asking active duty airmen to design a paint scheme.
  — Greg Engle, Forbes, 18 Feb. 2023
• The officer who did not fire his weapon is back on active duty after a brief leave because of the staffing needs of the roughly 15-person department, Belford said.
  — Kim Bellware, Washington Post, 8 Sep. 2023
• The 26-year-old Song reported to major league spring training on Feb. 23 after the Navy granted his transfer from active duty to the reserves.
  — BostonGlobe.com, 28 June 2023
• Last year alone, at least 328 active duty service members died by suicide.
  — Nbc Universal, NBC News, 28 May 2023
• Klimek: Colonel Cummings retired from active duty in 2003.
  — Chris Klimek, Smithsonian Magazine, 7 Sep. 2023
• The Air Force confirmed an active duty airman was involved, but did not identify him.
  — Jordan Freiman, CBS News, 25 Feb. 2024
• Wilkerson was a soldier at the time before he was later discharged from active duty in 2004.
  — Louis Casiano, Fox News, 25 Feb. 2023
• The exception doesn’t apply to active duty military who seek to rent a unit from a small landlord — keeping the deposit limit at one month.
  — Phillip Molnar, San Diego Union-Tribune, 13 Jan. 2024
• Veterans groups have lauded the bill as a way to stanch a suicide epidemic among those in uniform or retired from active duty.
  — Todd J. Gillman, Dallas News, 13 July 2023
• For some military members on active duty, being diagnosed with autism does not mean the end of their service.
  — John Donvan, ABC News, 2 May 2024
• Brown originally used the art of soap making as a form of mental therapy while serving on active duty in the United States Navy.
  — Meghan Mahar, Billboard, 3 Mar. 2023
• More than 100 Israeli male hostages are viewed by Hamas as men of fighting age, including some active duty or reservist soldiers.
  — WSJ, 30 Nov. 2023
• Proctor, through a lawyer, and the state police have each denied these allegations, and Proctor has remained on active duty.
  — Chris Eberhart, Fox News, 17 Apr. 2024

Last Updated: 14 Nov 2024