guard duty
Patrol shift work
Guard duty is the task of watching over a place, person, or thing to ensure security.
Military personnel pull guard duty at bases and checkpoints; security guards work guard duty at buildings and events.
The term often implies tedious vigilance: I drew guard duty while everyone else slept.
- sentryGuard on duty
- lookoutWatcher or vista point
- keep watchMaintain vigilant observation
- watchmanBuilding security guard
- vigilanceState of keen awareness
standing watch · on alert · sentinel · security detail · military police · armed forces · military base · alertness · monotony · boredom · walkie-talkie · warden · baton · situational awareness · graveyard shift · embassy · sleeplessness · discipline
- Official dutiespatrol, inspection, paperwork, filing, reporting
- military dutiespatrol, kitchen patrol, night watch, standing watch, fireguard
- military labormarching, drilling, patrol, trench digging
- duty
- guardsguardian, bodyguard, protector, sentinel, sentry
- security patrolpatrol, mobile patrol, foot patrol, security patrol, watchman
military activity type
guard dutyactive combat
combat mission · offensive operations · battle · firefight · reconnaissance mission