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term of enlistment

NOUN
tour of duty
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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

He well and truly performed all the duties required of a soldier, and was honorably discharged with the Company on expiration of his term of enlistment at Elmira.

From History of the Dewitt guard, company A, 50th regiment National guard, state of New York by Unknown

The greater part of the Green Mountain Boys now returned home, their term of enlistment having expired.

From The Student's Life of Washington; Condensed from the Larger Work of Washington Irving For Young Persons and for the Use of Schools by Irving, Washington

It was not until 6 A. D. that the term of enlistment and the conditions of discharge were definitely fixed.

From A History of Rome to 565 A. D. by Boak, Arthur Edward Romilly




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