Then what Snow did was give an abbreviated but learned-sounding tour through the history of Al Qaeda's conflict with the United States.

He enlisted in the Naval Reserve in 1966, and during 1968-1969 served an abbreviated four-month tour of duty in South Vietnam as officer-in-charge (OIC) of a Swift Boat.

What to See You can follow the Freedom Trail on your own - allow at least half a day - or opt for a 90-minute abbreviated tour led by a National Park Service ranger.

LTjg Christine Nixon has already reported aboard VS-49 at Cecil Field, Florida, after her first, abbreviated tour working Counternarcotics in Key West, Florida, to become its intelligence officer.

I'd had some experience with the Muslim Brothers during my abbreviated tour in Khartoum.

After an abbreviated six-month tour in Europe, he came back to headquarters, where he would stay, moving up the bureaucratic ladder one dogged step at a time.

Astra, Judy, and Katarina followed Katherine inside the dwelling and took an abbreviated tour of the small home.

An upper level serves as an abbreviated tour, with diary excerpts and a viewing station allowing visitors to view the Remembrance Hall from above.

Following shakedown and an abbreviated tour on the West Coast, the ocean going tug sailed to Guam where she served as a station ship from June 1919 until the spring of 1929.

On completion of an abbreviated tour in the Panama Canal Zone, Naubus reported at San Diego, California, 2 January 1946, for duty in the 11th Naval District.