The classic definition is someone who has served on active duty for more than six months.
They are said to have left Team Six but are still said to be on active duty.
Veterans who served on active duty since 2001 had an even higher unemployment rate of 12.1 percent.
About 1.4 million men and women are on active duty in the U.S. military, not including reservists.
Mr. HOAR: The obvious fact is, that someone that's on active duty cannot speak out and stay on.
They're no longer on active duty and if you are on active duty you can't say this kind of stuff.
The incident is believed to have happened on or around 15 September 2011 while the servicemen were on active duty in Afghanistan.
So you do a certain period on active duty, perhaps two years.
He's still on active duty, working in the local armory while he waits for the Army to decide what to do with him.
Margarethe (Grethe) joined the US Army and after graduating from college, served seven years on active duty and married a fellow military officer.
When he attended Xavier, Sergeant Daley was still on active duty and unavailable to warn young high school lads about shooting themselves in the foot.
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You know, you come on active duty for a certain period, but you also sign up for a contractual period if you're an enlisted Marine.
Also included would be people like our soldiers in foreign wars who are exempted from paying income taxes while they are on active duty in a war zone.
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Now, Kyra, there is no question, of course, there are still literally hundreds of generals and admirals on active duty in the U.S. military in Iraq, Afghanistan, here in the Pentagon and around the world.
If you are on active duty and you move because of a permanent change of station, you can deduct reasonable moving expenses for you and your family to the extent that you are not otherwise reimbursed.
After completing a three-year enlistment on active duty at Fort Hood, Texas, I joined the U.S. Army Reserves in February 1987, and in February 1990, I was deployed for active duty with 279th Maintenance Company, Dallas, Texas, for Operation Desert Storm in Saudi Arabia.
The total for 2011 was 283 -- 165 confirmed active-duty suicides and 118 confirmed not-on-active-duty suicides (82 Army National Guard and 36 Army Reserve).
Jason Hansman, the group's membership director, said the stigma of seeking treatment is even more prevalent among those on active-duty.
Company officials also routinely swore that its customers were not on active military duty, without actually checking if that was true.
Her husband's status as a Navy captain makes Ms. Giffords the only House member with a spouse on active military duty.
The National Guard has nearly 11, 000 guardsmen on state active duty to assist governors and local officials with security and disaster response efforts.
Jesse Childress, 29, a reservist on extended active-duty orders, worked in the communications section, said Capt.
And 143 potential not-on-active-duty suicides were reported (96 Army National Guard and 47 Army Reserve), 117 of which have been confirmed and 26 remain under investigation.
Shane Williams on the other wing, restored to active duty after injury, also caught the eye down the right in tandem with the seemingly always excellent Byrne.
For forces deployed defensively, using limited active-duty units and relying on rapid mobilization in the event of warforces such as those in NATO (especially during the Cold War) and in South Korea and Israel-time is of the essence, and mobilization delays can have strategic consequences.
He enrolled in the LAPD Academy in February 2005 and spent four months on the streets as a trainee before being recalled to active duty for his stint in Iraq, police records state.
"They would bring contraband in their briefcases, in manila envelopes, " an active-duty officer familiar with Defense Department records on attorney access violations told us.
The Uniformed Services Employment and Reemployment Rights Act bars employers from taking action against National Guard and Reserve members based on their military service and allows them to reclaim their jobs after periods of active duty or training.
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