"service years" is a correct and usable phrase in written English.
You can use it to refer to a period of time spent in military service or any other form of service, such as religious service. Here is an example sentence: "My grandfather served in the army for four service years during World War II."
Mr. Bundy, recalling his Government service years afterward in "Danger and Survival: Choices About the Bomb in the First 50 Years" (Random House, 1988), did not dwell extensively on Vietnam.
After his service years, he joined Manpower, Inc. becoming Vice President of West Coast Operations.
The files from his government service years cover selected events, often Kissinger's trips abroad.
Furthermore, failures causes, repair methods, service years, crack occurrences, and welding defect types are analyzed using the cases included in this database.
In 2015, Tufts started a 1+4 program, which extends university financial aid to students looking to fund service years before starting college.
"Ten years ago, this would have been unheard of," Deputy Mayor Marc V. Shaw said yesterday, citing widespread rider dissatisfaction with the agency's service years ago.
That's why we committed our support and expertise behind the Service Year Exchange -- the first-ever service year marketplace.
The Service Year Exchange technology highlights the tens of thousands of service year opportunities -- from AmeriCorps to YouthBuild to privately funded service year opportunities.
The Service Year Exchange is a new online platform for posting and finding service year opportunities.
Still, the idea of a compulsory "service year" has a long way to go.
But unlike a posh retailer, a fund manager cannot guarantee to provide a superior service year after year.
