picket duty

These were the same people spending two hours at a meeting so they could sign up to do picket duty for an hour every week.

And then we ran into each other on picket duty."

The rank and file did not care for picket duty.

After a few days' picket duty the troops were ordered back to Savannah.

He even saw Gide once or twice, usually on picket duty.

For the next week, she provided gunfire support and served on radar picket duty.

Here, the regiment was nearly surrounded while assigned to picket duty.

There, they completed additional training and performed picket duty throughout the District.

On 4 August, she put to sea to resume radar picket duty.

A cavalryman covered with mud, he must have been on picket duty.

She continued her picket duties in the Atlantic until July 1957.

"You're forgetting that other ships are on picket duty at every major facility in the system.

"Still," said he, "I prefer not to do picket duty again.

At the time I just sat in camp along with everyone else, stood picket duty, marched, and griped.

From this time to October 27, the regiment was doing picket duty most of the time.

After the landing, the 21st spent a cold, wet night on picket duty.

On 1 April, Bryant started two weeks of radar picket duty.

They also performed radar picket duty and fire fighting.

She was then briefly assigned to picket duty in the German defensive belt.

I was on picket duty at the East Gate.

"We're in imminent, and up for picket duty in half an hour."

She resumed screening and radar picket duty at dusk 21 February.

Most of the ships lost were destroyers or smaller vessels, especially those on picket duty.

My tentmates were out on picket duty, so we had the place to ourselves.

Do we have anyone capable of handling picket duty?"