duty assignment

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duty assignment - a duty that you are assigned to perform (especially in the armed forces); "hazardous duty" assignment duty - work that you are obliged to perform for moral or legal reasons; "the duties of the job" guard duty, sentry duty, sentry go, guard - the duty of serving as a sentry; "he was on guard that night" fatigue duty, fatigue - labor of a nonmilitary kind done by soldiers (cleaning or digging or draining or so on); "the soldiers were put on fatigue to teach them a lesson"; "they were assigned to kitchen fatigues" mission, charge, commission - a special assignment that is given to a person or group; "a confidential mission to London"; "his charge was deliver a message" reassignment - assignment to a different duty sea-duty, service abroad, shipboard duty - naval service aboard a ship at sea shore duty - naval service at land bases