absent from duty

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About 550 officers are absent from duty every day.

From BBC • Jun. 27, 2023

Regardless of consequences he did what few people thought he would dare do, and dismissed Leader Donovan for being "inefficient, insubordinate and absent from duty without leave."

From Time Magazine Archive

During the whole war he was never absent from duty.

From Our Soldiers Gallant Deeds of the British Army during Victoria's Reign by Kingston, William Henry Giles

Not a single day was he absent from duty, nor did he miss a battle or skirmish in which the regiment was engaged.

From Personal Recollections of a Cavalryman With Custer's Michigan Cavalry Brigade in the Civil War by Kidd, James Harvey

"Le Blanc!" echoed the Admiral, knitting his brows—he had doubtless forgotten me—"ah, of course; you have been absent from duty a long time."

From For The Admiral by Marx, W.J.