[n] a period of time spent in military service
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duty tour, hitch, term of enlistment, tour, tour of duty
period, period of time, time period
acceptance, admission, admittance, allurement, baptism, blandishment, booking, cajolement, cajolery, call, call-up, cataloging, chronicling, coaxing, compulsory military service, conning, conscription, continuous tenure, draft, draft call, drafting, engag
\En*list"ment\, n. 1. The act or enlisting, or the state of being enlisted; voluntary enrollment to serve as a soldier or a sailor. 2. The writing by which an enlisted man is bound.