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
Gaspard	-	French
Pravin	-	Indian, Marathi, Gujarati, Hindi, Kannada, Telugu, Tamil, Malayalam
Sa'id	-	Arabic
Barnaby	BAHR-nə-bee	English (Archaic)
Alica	-	Slovak
Escobar	[es'kɔvɔr]