tour of duty
Soldier's service period
A tour of duty is a period of service in a particular location or assignment, especially military deployment overseas: His tour of duty in Afghanistan lasted eighteen months.
The phrase implies a fixed term after which rotation occurs.
It extends to any demanding stint: her tour of duty as department chair.
- active serviceMilitary personnel in operations
- enlistmentVoluntary entry into service
- military serviceDuty in armed forces
- deploymentOrganized distribution of resources
- combat zoneActive military conflict area
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- militarysoldiers, army, troops, officers, navy
- duty
- military personnelsoldiers, soldier, midshipmen, officers, troops
- military servicemilitary service, deployment, enlistment, national service, conscription
- rostersroster, rotas, work schedule, staffing, schedules
- warfarebattle, combat, attack, war, armed conflict
active service vs. non-service
tour of dutydischarge
Release of substance outward
retirement · civilian life · honorable discharge · demobilization · mustering out
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