military duty
Soldier's required commitment
Military duty is service or obligation owed to a branch of the armed forces.
It encompasses active combat, training, administrative tasks, and ceremonial functions that military personnel are required to perform: He was called away on military duty.
The phrase often appears in legal and employment contexts regarding leave or exemptions: Her employer held her position while she fulfilled her military duty.
- armored divisionsArmored military ground formations
- basic trainingInitial military instruction
- artilleryLarge-caliber battlefield weapons
- enlistmentVoluntary entry into service
- draft noticeOfficial military conscription summons
humanitarian missions · honor guard · infantry · simulation exercises · naval warfare · conscription · boot camp · reconnaissance · court-martial · leave of absence · guerrilla tactics · engineering corps · physical conditioning · chain of command · special forces · leadership courses · war games · survival tactics
- dutiestask, obligation, moral obligation, responsibility, mandate
- duty
- feudalismfief, vassal, fealty, homage, lord
- conscriptionconscription, conscript, conscripts, draftee, draftees
- war literaturewar stories, war novels, war diary, war journal, war poetry
military dutycivilian life
Non-military everyday existence
civilian service · civil service · community service · alternative service · public service
military dutycivilian life
Non-military everyday existence
discharge · demobilization · retirement · honorable discharge · mustering out
military dutyleisure
Free time for relaxation
recreation · domestic life · home life · leave · furlough