Sentence examples for active duty in the second from inspiring English sources

On 17 April 1940, Wark returned to active duty in the Second World War, and was appointed to the 1st Battalion (City of Sydney's Own Regiment) as a major.

"What Saddam is saying to himself is, 'I'll give them real civilian bodies, real civilian blood on Al Jazeera or CNN.' " The move to war has already raised concerns of terrorist reprisals in the United States, and senior Pentagon officials say they anticipate a mobilization of the National Guard and Reserves equal to or larger than the 265,000 called to active duty in the first gulf war.

Prior to coming to Duke, Professor Robertson served 31 years on active duty in the United States Navy, first as a general line officer (surface warfare) and for the last 21 years as a Judge Advocate.

He successfully managed a coal mine in West Virginia, but returned to active duty in the Marine Corps at the first opportunity.

Within a couple of months, Mr. Moore, who is from Bronxville, N.Y., was accepted into the program and was put on active duty, in the process jumping from private first class to second lieutenant.

In 1943 he was called to active duty in the Army Reserve and graduated as a second lieutenant with a bachelor's degree in meteorology from the University of Chicago.

Multiple regression analysis was performed using all cases during 2000 2004 and a probability sample of non-cases who were on active duty in the military at the time of first diagnosis of the cases.

First, did four grown men, three on active duty in the U.S. Navy and one recently retired, falsely confess to a horrible crime?

"Is there any I'm missing?" Mr. Garrett, 52, first exhibited signs of mania in 1983, while on active duty in the United States Air Force.

The first Muslim chaplain was commissioned in the Army 10 years ago, and today there are 12 Muslim chaplains on active duty in the armed forces.

I was on active duty in the Navy.