GRGR2: Discussion Opner for Section 2
Bruce Appelbaum
Bruce_Appelbaum at chemsystems.com
Fri Oct 4 11:43:11 CDT 1996
Not just the army. The US State Dept foreign service also uses the
term for a short term assignment.
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Subject: Re: GRGR2: Discussion Opner for Section 2
Author: rjones at pasteur.hjf.org (RJONES) at Internet
Date: 10/4/96 10:12 AM
8) What does TDY mean? As in `orders sending him TDY some hospital out
in the East End' (p 20)
Here's one I know! It's an Army acronym for, I think, 'Temporary Duty.'
Richard
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