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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And because Tom is both reluctant to return to active duty and wrestling with family trauma, those chapters are carried largely by the charisma of Pelphrey, who’s been doing scene-stealing supporting work for years in shows like Ozark and here proves more than capable of taking the lead. —Alan Sepinwall, Rolling Stone, 28 Aug. 2025

After Read's first trial ended in a mistrial, Proctor was suspended without pay and relieved from active duty during an internal affairs investigation. —Nadine El-Bawab, ABC News, 26 Aug. 2025

The Coast Guard has more than 43,000 active duty members, 8,000 reservists, and 30,000 auxiliary members. —Jason Ma, Fortune, 26 Aug. 2025

There is no emergency that warrants the President of the United States federalizing the @IL_Natl_Guard, deploying the National Guard from other states, or sending active duty military within our own borders. —Adeola Adeosun, MSNBC Newsweek, 24 Aug. 2025

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