on active duty

in battle or ready to go into battle. (Military.) The soldier was on active duty for ten months. That was a long time to be on active duty.

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Diederick	DEE-də-rik	Dutch
Talitha	TAL-i-thə (English)	Biblical
Devine	[də'vain]
Enfys	EN-vis	Welsh
Ephraim	EE-free-im (English), EE-frəm (English), E-free-im (English), E-frəm (English)	Biblical, Jewish, Biblical Latin, Biblical Greek
Sadie	SAY-dee	English