TheUnited States Marine Corpsis a branch of the U.S. Military that is primarily responsible for amphibious and ground combat operations. The Marine Corps is organized under the U.S. Navy, and it has over 180,000 Active-Duty personnel, more than 38,000 Marine Corp Reserve, and 2 million ...
Full-time duty in the active military service of the United States. This includes members of the Reserve Components serving on active duty or full-time training duty, but does not include full-time National Guard duty. Also called AD. See also active duty for training; inactive duty training...
For the purposes of this MOU, active and inactive duty will be defined based on the Military and Veteran’s Code as follows: Active Duty:Active militarytraining, encampment, naval cruises, special exercises, or similar activity as a member of the reserve corps or force of the armed forces ...
Active military duty means full-time duty in the active military service of the United States Army, Navy, Air Force, Coast Guard or Marine Corps. The term does not include regularly required training or other duty performed by a member of a reserve component or National Guard unless the membe...
These factors have been particularly applicable to the Army, Army Reserve, Army National Guard, Marine Corps, and Marine Corps Reserve, which have shouldered the bulk of the manpower burden associated with operations in Iraq and Afghanistan. Many observers have expressed concern that these factors ...