Examples of 'retired from active service' in a sentence

Meaning of "retired from active service"

This phrase is used to describe someone or something that has ceased to be in active duty or employment. It often refers to individuals who have reached the required retirement age and have chosen to stop working

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retired from active service
They have been retired from active service.
I retired from active service and became an instructor.
After these campaigns he retired from active service.
Car retired from active service.
He then resigned and retired from active service.
He retired from active service in.
Two years later he retired from active service.
He retired from active service a year later and was elevated to baron.
Lind appears to have retired from active service after this.
He retired from active service after his defeat at Neopatras, and died shortly after.
Hosogaya was accordingly retired from active service after the battle.
Afterwards, Appleton and his remaining men returned to Boston and he retired from active service.
Pointis retired from active service after this battle.
When Thetis was paid off the following year he retired from active service.
Buchner retired from active service one year later.

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This final promotion was only honorary, as he retired from active service the same day.
Westin retired from active service the same year.
Admiral Milton is now retired from active service.
He was then retired from active service and given a position as inspector general for cavalry.
His last command was Pensacola Navy Yard before he retired from active service at sixty-two.
He was retired from active service on 1 June.
After serving as a military councilor, he retired from active service in 1921.
It was retired from active service in 1941 and only used thereafter for training purposes.
Red Dwarf will be retired from active service.
He retired from active service in 1977 and subsequently entered private industry.
In any case, he had retired from active service.
Groves retired from active service in 1922 with the rank of brigadier general.
When recovered of his wounds in January 1864, he retired from active service.
Mackensen retired from active service in the army in the summer of 1944.
March 2017, Athabaskan is officially paid off and retired from active service.
In 1945, he retired from active service in Soviet diplomacy and devoted himself to history.
Following the end of that war, he retired from active service in August 1902.
Parkes retired from active service in April 1985, retaining the rank of colonel.
Following the 1911 manœuvres Goltz was promoted to Generalfeldmarschall ( Field Marshal ), and retired from active service.
After Haiti became independent, he retired from active service and became a plantation owner.
Farell retired from active service in August 1965 with the rank of division general.

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