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guard, guard duty, sentry duty, sentry go
the duty of serving as a sentry
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fatigue, fatigue duty
labor of a nonmilitary kind done by soldiers (cleaning or digging or draining or so on)
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charge, commission, mission
a special assignment that is given to a person or group
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reassignment
assignment to a different duty
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sea-duty, service abroad, shipboard duty
naval service aboard a ship at sea
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shore duty
naval service at land bases
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fool's errand
a fruitless mission
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mission impossible
an extremely dangerous or difficult mission
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martyr operation, sacrifice operation, suicide mission
killing or injuring others while annihilating yourself; usually accomplished with a bomb
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secondment
the detachment of a person from their regular organization for temporary assignment elsewhere