Sentence examples for duty tour from inspiring English sources

In 1965, on his first duty tour in Vietnam, he was wounded in the face by a ricocheting bullet.

The father's duty tour included a stint in León, where Mr. Rajoy went to a school that was later also attended by Mr. Zapatero.

Terry served an active duty tour in the US Navy and retired as a commander after 27 years in the Naval Reserves.

Stefan Frederick Cook, a reserve soldier who volunteered for an active duty tour, argued that he should not have to go to Afghanistan for similar reasons to Rhodes.

Because he's a reserve soldier who volunteered for an active duty tour he can "ask for a revocation of orders up until the day he is scheduled to report for active duty," a public affairs officer explained.

Following a five-year stint as a Korean linguist, Jarrod used his experience living as an openly gay soldier to co-create the Call to Duty Tour in 2005, launching the first real field campaign to repeal "don't ask, don't tell" (DADT).

Servicemen who fell in love with the cars they drove overseas had them shipped home when their duty tours were completed.

He did staff duty tours at Albrook Field, Panama Canal Zone with the 16th Pursuit Group, at Barksdale Field with the 20th Pursuit Group, and at the headquarters of the General Headquarters (GHQ) Air Force at Langley Field.

Not bad, when most off-duty tour activity usually consists of catching up on sleep and trying to find a decent meal.

Gilfillan is a veteran of the Iraq war, having served (as a captain in the Second Brigade, First Armored Division of the Army) an active-duty tour that ended in January 2006.

We discovered that, after an active-duty  tour, military families were eager to reunite in the wilderness, and we partnered with the Armed Services YMCA.