Sentence examples for active duty as from inspiring English sources

Later, it said the number included forces on active duty, as well as veterans.

Then it said the 26.5 million included those on active duty as well as veterans.

BREAKING: Bergdahl has finished counseling in Texas, could return to active duty as early as today.

Meanwhile, a large percentage of West Point graduates — the elite corps from which Army officers are drawn — are leaving active duty as soon as their required time is up.

But if Mr. Bush orders an attack against Iraq, the Pentagon has plans to summon to active duty as many as 265,000 members of the National Guard and Reserve.

The Marine Corps has a total force of about 176,000, and about 20,000 of its reservists are now on active duty as well, from a pool of 39,000.

He left active duty as a sergeant.

During WWII, he saw active duty as a Navy ensign in the Pacific Theatre.

He served eight years active duty as a fighter pilot and volunteered in the gulf war.

In June, 2010, after four years in the service, Routh left active duty, as a corporal.

He took a seven-month leave for active duty as a Navy Reserves lieutenant in Afghanistan.