Definitions for tour of duty
tour of du·ty

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1. enlistment, hitch, term of enlistment, tour of duty, duty tour, tournoun

   a period of time spent in military service

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1. tour of dutynoun

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

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1. Tour of duty

   For military personnel, a tour of duty is usually a period of time spent in combat or in a hostile environment. In an army, for instance, soldiers on active duty serve 24 hours a day, seven days a week for the length of their service commitment. Soldiers in World War II were deployed for the entire war and could be in active service for 4–5 years.

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1. tour of duty

   A tour of duty refers to a specific period of time or assignment of service that an individual, often a military personnel or employee, spends on active duty or at a particular job or assignment. This could involve deployment overseas, a temporary assignment in a different department or location, or a set duration of particular responsibility within a company or organization. The length and nature of a tour of duty might vary based on factors such as law, policy, or individual terms of employment.

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1. Tour of duty

   In navies, a tour of duty is a period of time spent performing operational duties at sea, including combat, performing patrol or fleet duties, or assigned to service in a foreign country. For military soldiers, a tour of duty is a usually a period of time spent in combat, but can also include patrol duties in times of peace. For marine pilots, a tour was 30 flights and a tour could take up to 12 months. For example, in World War II a tour of duty for a RAF bomber crew was 30 flights. That number could take up to 12 months. For navies, a tour of duty is part of a rotation, where the ship may spend a six months tour of duty, then spend one month in home port for maintenance, then a period of time on exercises, then return to their tour of duty. A general tour of duty for soldiers comprises service that can last from half a year to four years. Generally duties that last longer than 2 years are eligible to receive medals of merit related to their service. Tours of duty can also be extended involuntarily for service members, such as in September 2006 when the tour of duty was extended for 4,000 US military personnel in Iraq.

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of tour of duty in Chaldean Numerology is: 4

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of tour of duty in Pythagorean Numerology is: 3

Examples of tour of duty in a Sentence

1. Danielle Robinson:

   Sgt. First Class Heath Robinson, left, developed a rare form of deadly cancer after Heath Robinson was exposed to burn pits during a 13-month tour of duty in Iraq. ( Susan Zeier).

2. John Galman:

   Jorge Gomez told me I was John Galman, and that I wasn't in the National Guard either. I told him I served a tour of duty in Iraq.

3. Andreas Simic:

   But in your eyes I capture “what the bleep” From the poem Tour of Duty by Andreas Simic

References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=tour of duty
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Tour_of_Duty
3. ^ Wikipedia
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tour_of_Duty
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5. ^ Wikidata
   https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?search=tour of duty