### Question
How is the term deployment defined?


### Answer
The term **deployment** is defined in *50 U.S.C. § 3938* as the following:

> the movement or mobilization of a servicemember to a location for a period of longer than 60 days and not longer than 540 days pursuant to temporary or permanent official orders—


(1) that are designated as unaccompanied

#### Citation:
  - *50 U.S.C. § 3938*
  - Heading: **CHAPTER 50-SERVICEMEMBERS CIVIL RELIEF > SUBCHAPTER II-GENERAL RELIEF**

