You're in the army. You've been told that you have to leave the country to do a mission. You call your boyfriend to tell him.
It looks like I'm being deployed in a couple of weeks.
couple, introductory phrases, military, passive 
At work, your coworker is complaining because she got yelled at by the manager of the tech support department. She sent an e-mail to one of the tech support staff directly instead of going through the manager. You've been yelled at by this person in the past, so you have some experience dealing with him. But you don't want to say anything too bad about him. So you say:
Yeah, he's a real stickler for following the proper chain of command.
The topic of Korean politics came up at a dinner with coworkers. One of your coworkers said that he doesn't know much about the topic, so you're explaining some basic facts about Korea to him. You explain that Korean men all have to enter the military:
All Korean men are required to serve in the army.
You were in the Army. You're talking about your military service with someone who's never been in the military. You're explaining that you can't quit the military until you finish your entire term of service. You say:
Once you commit to it, there's no going back.
army, commitment, gerund, military, set phrase 