mustering out
Leaving the service
Mustering out is the formal discharge of military personnel from active service.
The term comes from muster, the assembly of troops for inspection or roll call—mustering out is the final such assembly before returning to civilian life.
After mustering out, he struggled to find work.
The noun form is muster-out: His muster-out papers arrived late.
- war's endTermination of armed conflict
- honorable dischargeSatisfactory military service completion
- military dischargeFormal release from service
- veteran pensionsPayments to former military
- discharge papersForms ending military obligation
reintegration · civilian life · back to normal · career transition · disabled veterans · GI Bill · veteran organizations · thank you for your service · veteran benefits · job placement · exit interview · furlough · mental health support · peace treaties · army volunteers · education programs · ex-servicemen · occupation forces
- demobilizationdemob, demobilize, disband, disbanding, disbandment
- military dischargehonorable discharge, dishonorable discharge, general discharge, medical discharge, DD-214
- War Veteransveterans, disabled veterans, wounded soldiers, wounded warriors, war wounded
- military formationsphalanx, formation, testudo, box formation, parade
mustering outenlisting
Formally joining a force
mustering in · enlistment · joining up · signing up · induction
mustering outdeploying
Arranging for active use
mobilizing · mobilization · deployment · calling up · activation