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
Homeward every face was turned as soon as the term of enlistment was at an end.
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
He proved himself one of the "excelsior" during the term of enlistment in the United States service.
From History of the Dewitt guard, company A, 50th regiment National guard, state of New York by Unknown
Some pleaded ill health; the term of enlistment of many had expired, and they were bent on returning home; and others, who had no such excuses to make became exceedingly turbulent, and mutinous.
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
