### Question
Can you define what active status means?


### Answer
**Active status** is defined as the following in *10 U.S.C. § 101*:

> the status of a reserve commissioned officer, other than a commissioned warrant officer, who is not in the inactive Army National Guard or inactive Air National Guard, on an inactive status list, or in the Retired Reserve

#### Citation:
  - *10 U.S.C. § 101*
  - Heading: **Subtitle A-General Military Law > PART I-ORGANIZATION AND GENERAL MILITARY POWERS > CHAPTER 1-DEFINITIONS**

