tour of duty

English

Noun

tour of duty (plural tours of duty)

(military) A period of time spent on a specific assignment, especially on an overseas mission.
- 1979, Gustav Hasford, The Short-Timers, New York: Bantam Books, published 1980, →ISBN, page 45:
  Almost every Marine in Viet Nam carries a short-timer’s calendar of his tour of duty—the usual 365 days—plus a bonus of 20 days for being a Marine.

Translations

period of time spent on a specific assignment, especially on an overseas mission

Chinese:
Mandarin: please add this translation if you can
Finnish: palvelusaika, komennusaika
German: Auslandseinsatz (de) m
Spanish: misión (es) f

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