Sentence examples for active duty today from inspiring English sources

The men and women on active duty today -- and their companions in the National Guard and the reserves -- have seen their willingness, and that of their families, to make sacrifices for their country stretched thin and finally abused.

He dismissed the accusations of torture as "isolated instances" that "have nothing to do with those of us who are on active duty today," and criticized those who he said were "stirring up the past without necessity in order to make a lot of accusations that have no basis or proof".

He switched to the Army reserves in 1992, but re-enlisted for active duty last summer.

Graph tracks total number of Air Force, Navy, Marines, Guard Members and Reservists on active duty since October 2001.

He was recalled to Cuba in 1992 and stepped down from active duty a year later, with the rank of major.

[Page A10.] The Pentagon, meanwhile, announced that more than 20,000 members of the National Guard and Reserve had reported for active duty this week.

Army reservists and National Guard members on active duty this month total 136,835, out of a force of about 550,000.

His Marine reserve unit was called to active duty last month and he is on the way to the Persian Gulf, his family said on Friday.

When I was there on active duty last year, I worked in the department providing all American logistical and maintenance support for the nascent Iraqi armed forces.

The Pentagon also announced that it had called to active duty 3,427 more members of the National Guard and Reserves, bringing the total number activated to more than 20,000.

White, the Expos left fielder when he doesn't have an ailing hamstring, was eligible to come off the disabled list Sunday, could return to active duty tomorrow.