Active duty refers to a full-time occupation as part a military force, as opposed to reserve duty. A military reserve, tactical reserve, or strategic reserve (and normally called only as the/his/their " Reserve /( s)" or sometimes as

Israel

In the Israel Defense Forces, there are two types of active duty: regular service (Hebrew: שרות סדיר‎, Sherut Sadir), and active reserve duty (Hebrew: שרות מילואים פעיל‎ Sherut Milu'im Pa'il, abbr. The Israel Defense Forces ( IDF) (צְבָא הַהֲגָנָה לְיִשְׂרָאֵל, lit Shamap). Regular service refers to either mandatory service (Hebrew: שרות חובה‎, Sherut Hova), according to the laws of Israel, or standing army service (Hebrew: שרות קבע‎, Sherut Keva), which consists of paid NCOs and officers. For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Israel topics. A standing army is an Army composed of full time career Soldiers who 'stand over' in other words who do not disband during times of peace

Active reserve service refers to the actual time in which reservists are called up. This varies from once every few years to a month every year. During active reserve duty, military law can be applied to reservists, similarly to regular soldiers.

United States

In the United States military, active duty refers to military members who are currently serving full time in their military capacity. The United States Armed Forces are the overall unified military forces of the United States Members of a reserve component are not generally considered active duty. The Reserve Components of the United States Department of Defense and United States Department of Homeland Security (in the case of the United States Coast Guard However, in support of the Global War on Terror and other contingency operations, a large number of Reservists in all branches have been called to active duty in an operational capacity. Many will argue that today's Reserve forces are no longer the "strategic" Reserve of the Cold War. It is widely accepted that today's Reserve components have become operational entities that play a key role in all of our Nation's conflicts. Those Reservists deployed in support of contingency operations, either as a unit or by individual augmentation, are also considered active duty. These terms may also be applied to military forces of other nations, although the details concerning obligations to serve may differ.

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