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
For some eighty years prior to 1847 the term of enlistment was ordinarily for life, but from that year onward to 1870 various systems of limited enlistment were in force.
From The New Gresham Encyclopedia Volume 4, Part 2: Ebert to Estremadura by Various
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
This was not encouraging news to soldiers whose term of enlistment would expire in a little more than thirty days.
From Reminiscences of service with the Twelfth Rhode Island Volunteers, and a memorial of Col. George H. Browne by Tillinghast, Pardon E.
