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term of enlistment

n. a period of time spent in military service [syn: enlistment, hitch, tour of duty, duty tour, tour]

Usage examples of "term of enlistment".

Almost all of its personnel were on at least their second term of enlistment in the Royal Manticoran Army (those who hadn't been cross-transferred from the Marines, as Griggs himself had been), and the Queen's Own was able to pick and choose only the very best.

The Confederation finds it convenient that the term of enlistment for anyone assigned to 34th FIST be extended for the duration.

Almost all of its personnel were on at least their second term of enlistment in the Royal Manticoran Army (those who hadn’.

That usually meant a keen sense of the right to leave the service the moment their short term of enlistment was up.

Meanwhile, the term of enlistment for a large part of his force was due to expire on December 31.

The Blademaster ran his thumb along his lower lip, staring at the light on the screen as if he would have out of it name, rank, and term of enlistment.

He had enlisted right out of high school, on what was called a baby cruise, a term of enlistment which extended to his twenty-first birthday.