Definition of active service in US English:
active service
nounˈæktɪv ˈsərvəsˈaktiv ˈsərvəs
Direct participation in warfare as a member of the armed forces.
an airman on active service
her son saw active service in the Gulf War
Example sentencesExamples
- All band members are available for active service if required.
- He served in the Royal Army Medical Corps in the second world war and saw active service in north Africa and Italy.
- Mr Trueman, a tank radio operator during the war, also saw active service in Italy and North Africa.
- Despite active service during the entire war he escaped unscathed apart from a nick out of his ear lobe caused by a sniper's bullet.
- In 40 years of active service he saw the Army at its worst and at its best.
- More people have been killed in roads since the Second World War than the number of British soldiers killed on active service during the war.
- The experts were fully convinced that two years of active service was sufficient for the military training of the infantry.
- During his army career he saw active service in Korea and Vietnam before moving into the intelligence field.
- Born in Clark, Missouri, Bradley did not see active service during the First World War.
- Laurent, as a former military man, returned to active service to fight for his country against the Prussians.
- The son of an Anzac sniper, he joined the infantry in 1945 but was too young to see active service in World War II.
- William Warbrick fought in the First World War and died on active service in Egypt in 1917.
- The tax exclusion applies only to compensation for active service in the Armed Forces.
- My mum and dad got engaged immediately prior to my dad going off to 5 years of active service in World War II.
- I would particularly like to thank all the ADF members who served with distinction on active service.
- Thirteen squadrons saw active service as part of the ICBM deterrent force.
- In more than 30 years of active service, Sutten held an array of key command and staff positions.
- But for the most part, the Army expects TA soldiers to be ready to leave for active service at a moment's notice.
- Its most famous name is that of the poet Rupert Brooke, who died on active service with the Hood Battalion during the Gallipoli campaign.
- All veterans who are British residents and saw active service with, or alongside, British and Allied armed forces will be eligible for funding.