Synonyms for active duty

Grammar : Noun

Définition of active duty

noun full-time military service

Example sentences :

Mr. Mix gave it, but before he could add a postscript, Mirabelle was on active duty.
Extract from : « Rope » by Holworthy Hall

They had served together in the Space Service when Mike was on active duty.
Extract from : « Unwise Child » by Gordon Randall Garrett

For some days after this entry my snow-blindness unfitted me for active duty.
Extract from : « Adrift in the Arctic Ice Pack » by Elisha Kent Kane

I will be ready to respond when called upon for active duty.
Extract from : « Civil War and Reconstruction in Alabama » by Walter L. Fleming

Active duty and responsibility are all that make it endurable.
Extract from : « Pierre And His People, [Tales of the Far North], Complete » by Gilbert Parker

The appointment was for life, but they took it in turns to be on active duty.
Extract from : « The Hansa Towns » by Helen Zimmern

Men released from active duty, whether they served voluntarily or involuntarily, remain subject to recall until the age of fifty.
Extract from : « Area Handbook for Romania » by Eugene K. Keefe, Donald W. Bernier, Lyle E. Brenneman, William Giloane, James M. Moore, and Neda A. Walpole

Young army officers on active duty and reserve officers in the local area were made available for classroom and field instruction.
Extract from : « Area Handbook for Bulgaria » by Eugene K. Keefe, Violeta D. Baluyut, William Giloane, Anne K. Long, James M. Moore, and Neda A. Walpole

I will give you a message to your commander, relieving you from active duty.
Extract from : « The Boy Allies with the Cossacks » by Clair W. Hayes

It had been given him by a body of seamen when he had retired from active duty.
Extract from : « The Trumpeter Swan » by Temple Bailey

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