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tour of duty
[ toor uhv doo-tee, dyoo-tee ]
noun
- a period of military service in a particular theater of war, with a particular unit, or assigned to a particular task:
He volunteered for two tours of duty in Afghanistan.
- a period of work or service in a particular role, field, workplace, etc.; tour:
After a tour of duty in banking, she followed her father into the development company.
˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins
Origin of tour of duty1
Example Sentences
While on their tour of duty, the judges decide on FBI requests to wiretap alleged foreign spies.
Luke Shipman never remembered the nights he was screaming in terror after a tour of duty in Afghanistan.
After a four-year tour of duty that included a posting in Japan, he got a job at Lockheed Martin, where he worked for the next 45 years, she said.
When his first tour of duty ended he vowed not to return.
It was a very interesting nine-month tour of duty in military service, tactical training, and of course the medical aspect of evaluating injuries, administering morphine, splinting and stopping bleeding.
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