term of enlistment

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

A promise was made by the federal government to veterans who completed their terms of enlistment, thus earning their benefits.

According to the Army Times, Category IV soldiers are less likely to complete their term of enlistment and are harder to train “due to cognitive skills and illiteracy.”

Like Wendell Smith and Minnich, Nicholas Smith, 22, served a full term of enlistment in the Marines out of high school.

Washington, with the help of the Prussian Baron Friedrich von Steuben, reconstituted the Continental Army in 1777 to resemble one of its European counterparts, with long terms of enlistment and severe discipline.