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tour of duty (plural tours of duty)

  1. (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.

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