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The phrase "an active duty" is correct and usable in written English.
It is typically used in a military context to refer to someone who is currently serving in the armed forces.
Example: "He has been on an active duty deployment for the past six months."
Alternatives: "currently serving" or "on active service".
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This is an active duty schedule.
The commission consisted of the two retired officers and an active duty staff of investigators.
Republicans are booing an active duty soldier and cheering for the elimination of unemployment insurance!
"We need change," said Fernando Antonio Reyes, 49, an active duty army lieutenant who was in a Fox crowd.
Michno (pronounced MIK-no), an active duty reservist who is stationed at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base in Dayton, Ohio, was struck by that moment.
She was an active duty nurse in the Navy for 13 years, and then served for another 10 years in the Reserves, attaining the rank of commander.
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My husband is an active-duty Marine colonel, and President Bush is his commander in chief.
Moreover, in another sense, McMaster, as an active-duty military officer, was Mattis's subordinate.
The military has not executed an active-duty soldier since 1961.
Lugar envisioned both an active-duty contingent and a reserve corps.
The robbers had turned out to be A.N.A. soldiers, one of them an active-duty major.
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