Definitions for active duty
ac·tive du·ty

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1. active dutynoun

   A state in which person in the military performs military duties on a full-time basis, as opposed to reserve, where one only occasionally performs military duties.

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1. Active duty

   Active duty, in contrast to reserve duty, is a full-time occupation as part of a military force. In the United Kingdom and the Commonwealth of Nations, the equivalent term is active service.

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1. Active duty

   Active duty refers to a full-time occupation as part of a military force, as opposed to reserve duty. In Great Britain and the Commonwealth the equivalent term is active service.

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1. active duty

   Full-time duty in the active military service of the United States. This includes members of the Reserve Component serving on active duty or full-time training duty, but does not include full-time National Guard duty. Also called AD. See also active duty for training; inactive duty training.

How to pronounce active duty?

1. Alex

   US English

   David

   US English

   Mark

   US English

   Daniel

   British

   Libby

   British

   Mia

   British

   Karen

   Australian

   Hayley

   Australian

   Natasha

   Australian

   Veena

   Indian

   Priya

   Indian

   Neerja

   Indian

   Zira

   US English

   Oliver

   British

   Wendy

   British

   Fred

   US English

   Tessa

   South African

How to say active duty in sign language?

Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of active duty in Chaldean Numerology is: 8

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of active duty in Pythagorean Numerology is: 4

Examples of active duty in a Sentence

1. President Trump:

   The option to use active duty forces in a law enforcement role should only be used as a matter of last resort, and only in the most urgent and dire of situations. Defense Mark Esper are not in one of those situations now. I do not support invoking the Insurrection Act.

2. Chief Butler:

   As a Marine who is no longer active duty, and as a fire chief, these two worlds have come together, also serving in combat zones and seeing a lot of my colleagues who died in the line of duty, every time one of these things happened, it hits home.

3. Tara Ruby:

   I think it's great the Army is supporting active duty mothers, sometimes, you hit a point in your military career where you have to choose between being a soldier and a mother, and a photo like this helps mothers so they don't have to choose.

4. Mark Esper:

   The option to use active-duty forces in a law enforcement role should only be used as a matter of last resort and only in the most urgent and dire situations, we are not in one of those situations now.I do not support invoking the Insurrection Act.

5. Seth Moulton:

   DoD needs to do this, active-duty service members don’t have a way to report mental health issues outside the chain of command because DoD just hasn’t gotten out of their own bureaucratic way to implement this act. It just requires the Secretary of Defense and his department to do their job.

References

1. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Active_Duty
2. ^ Wikipedia
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Active_Duty
3. ^ Wikidata
   https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?search=active duty
4. ^ Dictionary of Military and Associated Terms
   https://www.tradoc.army.mil/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/AD1029823-DOD-Dictionary-of-Military-and-Associated-Terms-2017.pdf