sea duty
Naval tour afloat
Sea duty is military service aboard a ship, as opposed to shore duty at a land-based installation.
The term is used primarily in naval contexts, where personnel rotate between assignments at sea and on land: After three years of sea duty, he was ready for a desk job.
Sea duty typically involves extended deployments away from home port.
- ship outDepart or send away
- bunkNonsense or stacked bed
- sailorSeafaring crew member
- deploymentOrganized distribution of resources
- captainOne who commands
underway · patrol · man overboard · shore leave · charting · muster · navigator · commission · berthing · combat readiness · enlistment · naval exercises · away from home · compass use · fleet · galley · quartermaster · rank
- duty
- Navy Careersnaval careers, navy personnel, enlisted ranks, naval ranks, officer corps
- military enlistmentenlistment, recruit, enlisted, induction, recruits
- military servicemilitary service, deployment, enlistment, national service, conscription
- naval ranksadmiral, admirals, captain, commodore, commander
- naval enlistedseaman, petty officer, chief petty officer, rating, rate