A person nearing the end of their period of military service.
〈美，军俚〉服役即将结束者
Example sentencesExamples
If you're among the short-timers, it's time to get a grip on what you'll spend in retirement.
Their army being what it is, there aren't enough tan desert combat fatigues to go around, so short-timers who are counting the remainder of their tours in days and not weeks have to turn theirs in and resort to relish greens.
Instead, he took a demoralized company of short-timers at Fort Knox who were suffering from a Vietnam hangover and made them the best on post - a major challenge in 1970 when our Army was teetering on the edge of anarchy.
Definition of short-timer in US English:
short-timer
nounˌSHôrtˈtīmər
US military slang
A person nearing the end of their period of military service.
〈美，军俚〉服役即将结束者
Example sentencesExamples
Their army being what it is, there aren't enough tan desert combat fatigues to go around, so short-timers who are counting the remainder of their tours in days and not weeks have to turn theirs in and resort to relish greens.
If you're among the short-timers, it's time to get a grip on what you'll spend in retirement.
Instead, he took a demoralized company of short-timers at Fort Knox who were suffering from a Vietnam hangover and made them the best on post - a major challenge in 1970 when our Army was teetering on the edge of anarchy.