active service
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The plan is to expand the armed forces from the current 183,000 active service personnel to 260,000 by 2035 – plus 200,000 reservists.
From BBC
Washington has 11 aircraft carriers in active service, though one of them is scheduled to be decommissioned next year.
SINGAPORE—China has put its largest and most sophisticated aircraft carrier into active service, boosting Beijing’s quest to create a formidable oceangoing navy that can challenge U.S. power in the Asia-Pacific region and beyond.
Hundreds of thousands of reservists in the armed forces, the IDF, want to get back to their lives after many months in uniform on active service.
From BBC
"The aircraft will return to active service once repairs and safety checks have been completed," it added.
From BBC
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