term of enlistment

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She said all of them were in their first term of enlistment, so they were younger, lower-ranking personnel.

From Seattle Times • Dec. 13, 2021

Parker served a three-month term of enlistment in the Union army at the beginning of the war.

From "Lincoln's Last Days: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever" by Bill O'Reilly

He well and truly performed all the duties required of a soldier, and was honorably discharged with the Company on expiration of his term of enlistment at Elmira.

From History of the Dewitt guard, company A, 50th regiment National guard, state of New York by Unknown

Payne returned to duty and served his full term of enlistment and was honorably discharged on the 13th of September, 1864.

From Vermont riflemen in the war for the union, 1861 to 1865 A history of Company F, First United States sharp shooters by Ripley, William Y. W.

The greater part of the Green Mountain Boys now returned home, their term of enlistment having expired.

From The Student's Life of Washington; Condensed from the Larger Work of Washington Irving For Young Persons and for the Use of Schools by Irving, Washington