temporary duty
Brief work posting
Temporary duty is a military and government term for a short-term assignment away from one's permanent duty station.
Personnel on temporary duty—commonly abbreviated TDY or TAD depending on branch—travel to another location for training, meetings, or special assignments: She's on temporary duty at the Pentagon for six weeks.
The assignment includes travel allowances and per diem.
- travel ordersAuthorization for official trips
- assignmentAllocated work or duty
- deploymentOrganized distribution of resources
- combat zoneActive military conflict area
- postingPublishing content online
rotation · detachment · secondment · orders · short notice · travel · military · stationed · billeting · per diem · lodging · reassignment · tour · overseas · mobilization · stint · detail · attached
temporary, duty, temp, temporal, temporally, temporariness, tempo, contemporary, contemporaneous