In 1970, the active-duty Army had more than one million troops.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Dec 20, 2006] Reference

UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: So he ` s still active-duty Marine Corps then.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Jun 3, 2008] Reference

But this time "Rummy" opposed sending in active-duty troops as cops.    From Wordnik.com.  [How Bush Blew It] Reference

It would take months of active-duty training to prepare them for battle.    From Wordnik.com.  [Amputation, Not Pedicure] Reference

A lot to talk about regarding the veterans and those in active-duty today.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript May 31, 2004] Reference

He even amended the Constitution to give voting rights to active-duty servicemen.    From Wordnik.com.  [Division In The Ranks] Reference

  She cursed something invisible, intangible, and caught sight of an active-duty taxi.    From Wordnik.com.  [Caitlin in the Y2K Museum] Reference

And this idea -- remember, we had 900,000 troops in the first Gulf War active-duty Army.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Jan 7, 2007] Reference

Maybe they hated her just because she was the only active-duty female Enforcement officer.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Alembic Plot A Terran Empire novel] Reference

In his final active-duty assignment, he was stationed at Fleet Weather Central in Suitland.    From Wordnik.com.  [Elizabeth C. Bailey, Robert F. Freeman, Judith Ann Lynch die] Reference

The four-day class helps active-duty military personnel write resumes and prepare for interviews.    From Wordnik.com.  [Back in the World] Reference

But officials announced Wednesday that the Army met its active-duty recruiting goal for November.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Dec 8, 2005] Reference

After the first Gulf War in 1991, we were downsizing our active-duty military quite substantially.    From Wordnik.com.  [We're in a Downward Spiral'] Reference

(The teams also include some active-duty service members who are paid their regular military salary.).    From Wordnik.com.  [A Gun in One Hand, A Pen in the Other] Reference

Another Army report says 99 active-duty soldiers committed suicide in 2006, the worst toll in 26 years.    From Wordnik.com.  [Combat’s Inner Cost] Reference

Women make up only about 14 percent of the active-duty force, with an even smaller fraction at the top.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Nov 14, 2008] Reference

Col. PHILBRICK: Absolutely yes - in the sense that this is a larger issue than just the active-duty soldier.    From Wordnik.com.  [How The U.S. Military Handles Suicidal Soldiers] Reference

His final active-duty assignment, in 1972, was deputy for the Board of Inspection and Survey at the Pentagon.    From Wordnik.com.  [William L. Moyer, Nan B. Packard, Dorothy B. Parker, William H. Quasebarth Jr., David A. Shonerd, Harold W. Barnes, Karen E. Dunn, Leonard H. 'Buck' Hoyle die] Reference

The number of active-duty generals and admirals of all rank, meanwhile, has increased by about 13 percent since 1996.    From Wordnik.com.  [Pentagon push to phase out top brass causing much consternation] Reference

Excerpts: Tim Greene of El Paso, Texas, wrote: My wife and I were both active-duty military during the first gulf war.    From Wordnik.com.  [War Stories: Time for Change] Reference

One solution has been to encourage new lieutenants to agree to take longer active-duty commitments from the very start.    From Wordnik.com.  [Worried They Will Miss the War] Reference

Third, more important, how does my being an active-duty military officer affect my relationship with the CIA workforce?.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript May 18, 2006] Reference

At the same time, the U.S. State Department has confirmed plans to station active-duty U.S. military attaches in Taipei.    From Wordnik.com.  [Periscope] Reference

He also noted that many of the uncounted ballots were from active-duty military -- where had concentrated campaign efforts.    From Wordnik.com.  [Joe Miller: 'There certainly is an effort to skew the results still going on'] Reference

Nowak's case marks the first time an active-duty NASA astronaut has been accused of a felony, according to the space agency.    From Wordnik.com.  [Rapid Descent] Reference

For the comparable six months of 2009, there were 88 suicides among active-duty soldiers and 65 suicides among reserve soldiers.    From Wordnik.com.  [Soldiers' Suicide Rate Tied to Access to Problems at Home] Reference

That's saying a lot, since in exchange for his moment of protest at a rally in El Paso the active-duty reservist wound up in jail.    From Wordnik.com.  [Dissenters In Uniform] Reference

By the time the younger child turns 23, the wife's check would amount to only about a quarter of her husband's active-duty salary.    From Wordnik.com.  [CHILDREN OF THE FALLEN] Reference

A 1995 Pentagon survey of 90,000 active-duty service members indicated that violations had declined since a 1988 study but remained high.    From Wordnik.com.  [Rape In The Ranks] Reference

They saw no difference between college students living together in a communal arrangement and the workings of an active-duty combat unit.    From Wordnik.com.  [Those Who Fight, Those Who Decide] Reference

As far as security is concerned, the Pentagon now says 58,000 active-duty and National Guard personnel are deployed in the disaster area.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Sep 6, 2005] Reference

Personnel: 307,000 active-duty military personnel are stationed in the Pacific, with some 100,000 forward deployed in the Western Pacific.    From Wordnik.com.  [Powers In The Pacific] Reference

He says the Fire Department of New York made a reasonable choice to list only active-duty firefighters in an FDNY section on the memorial.    From Wordnik.com.  [Bloomberg Fights Adding Retired Fire Captain To 9/11 Memorial] Reference

In a survey of active-duty service members released last week, 58 percent said they oppose any change in the military's policy toward gays.    From Wordnik.com.  [Don’t Ask Too Fast] Reference