Each star, in fact, represented one twelve-month operational tour.
Based in the southern part of Helmand, they lost three soldiers during their operational tour.
Because I'm a currently serving soldier and have done operational tours in Afghanistan.
His battle group's actions throughout their operational tour set the conditions for thousands of Afghans to return to their homes.
Both of them were U.S. agents returning home after an operational tour.
Overall over 200 members of the regiment have deployed on operational tours to Iraq since 2003.
I did five operational tours with those two guys!
Most blokes who survived even a couple of operational tours would say that luck was on their side.
It is expected that William's operational tour will last 30 to 36 months.
He qualified as a pilot and completed an operational tour from 1944 to 1945 in the south-west Pacific.