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  • noun Attributive form of tour of duty

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Examples

  • And, by the way, since when are tour-of-duty extensions in Iraq voluntary?

    GI Bill poses challenge to McCain 2008

  • October 18, 2003: After twelve years, nine months and five days, my tour-of-duty was over.

    A Loathed Profession Shelfari 2008

  • October 18, 2003: After twelve years, nine months and five days, my tour-of-duty was over.

    Shelfari: Shelfari 2008

  • This game, designed by a Vietnam vet, is supposed to recreate "the emotions" of a year-long tour-of-duty.

    Archive 2007-05-01 2007

  • Northern Fleet Commander Vice-Admiral Nikolai Maksimov said that the ship is ready to begin its mission and that the ship's tour-of-duty will be not shorter than its previous one, which lasted around six months.

    RIA Novosti 2010

  • The Russian nuclear-powered cruiser Pyotr Veliky (Peter the Great) set sail from its base in Severomorsk on Tuesday on a tour-of-duty in the Indian Ocean, RIA Novosti reported from the board of the ship.

    RIA Novosti 2010

  • The Russian nuclear-powered cruiser Pyotr Veliky (Peter the Great) set sail from its base in Severomorsk on Tuesday on a tour-of-duty in the Indian Ocean, RIA Novosti reported from the board of the ship.

    RIA Novosti 2010

  • The Russian nuclear-powered cruiser Pyotr Veliky (Peter the Great) set sail from its base in Severomorsk on Tuesday on a tour-of-duty in the Indian Ocean, RIA Novosti reported from the board of the ship.

    RIA Novosti 2010

  • Northern Fleet Commander Vice-Admiral Nikolai Maksimov said that the ship is ready to begin its mission and that the ship's tour-of-duty will be not shorter than its previous one, which lasted around six months.

    RIA Novosti 2010

  • The Russian nuclear-powered cruiser Pyotr Veliky (Peter the Great) set sail from its base in Severomorsk on Tuesday on a tour-of-duty in the Indian Ocean, RIA Novosti reported from the board of the ship.

    RIA Novosti 2010

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