term of enlistment
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She said all of them were in their first term of enlistment, so they were younger, lower-ranking personnel.
From Seattle Times • Dec. 13, 2021
Parker served a three-month term of enlistment in the Union army at the beginning of the war.
From "Lincoln's Last Days: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever" by Bill O'Reilly
They could not resign before their term of enlistment was over if something did not suit them, and they would be subject to certain specified hours.
From Two Boys of the Battleship or For the Honor of Uncle Sam by Webster, Frank V.
After serving a very short time as private, was elected Corporal, promoted to Sergeant, and finally to first Lieutenant, which commission he held until the expiration of his term of enlistment, when he resigned.
From History of the Dewitt guard, company A, 50th regiment National guard, state of New York by Unknown
The time had gone by when even an acquaintance of other days would be apt to calculate that his term of enlistment in the army had not run its full course.
From The Law of Hemlock Mountain by Lundsford, Hugh
