DEROS

I was the C-2 S-1 at the time, packing for my DEROS.

Bane Ashley 2010

Whenever anyone was killed within a couple of months of DEROS, it added to the superstition that the closer you were to leaving, the more likely you were to be killed, which did wonders for morale.

1968 Haldeman, Joe & Fields, Trinity 1984

If you had only a month till DEROS, you had a lot more in common with any random short-timer than with the FNG the army had just tossed into your platoon.

1968 Haldeman, Joe & Fields, Trinity 1984

So every soldier went to Vietnam with a magic date, more important than any date could ever be for the rest of his life: DEROS, the Date Eligible to Return from OverSeas.

1968 Haldeman, Joe & Fields, Trinity 1984

The Hell Nazis, nicknamed “DEROS”3 by the unfortunate Richard Shaver, are a “technological” race only because they still use the advanced weaponry they developed in antiquity.

The Book of the SubGenius The SubGenius Foundation 1983

The Hell Nazis, nicknamed “DEROS”3 by the unfortunate Richard Shaver, are a “technological” race only because they still use the advanced weaponry they developed in antiquity.

The Book of the SubGenius The SubGenius Foundation 1983

The Hell Nazis, nicknamed “DEROS”3 by the unfortunate Richard Shaver, are a “technological” race only because they still use the advanced weaponry they developed in antiquity.

The Book of the SubGenius The SubGenius Foundation 1983

He was a young aggressive NCO, though he intended to leave the military on his DEROS.

Schott, Richard S. 1972

It was over, was all, back to the world, DEROS, all that good shit.

A Bob Lee Swagger eBook Boxed Set Stephen Hunter 2009

It was over, was all, back to the world, DEROS, all that good shit.

A Bob Lee Swagger eBook Boxed Set Stephen Hunter 2009