returned to unit

returned to unit
   British
   failed
   Army usage, often abbreviated to RTU, to describe those who fail to complete a course to qualify for an elite corps, to become an officer, etc.:
    They would be conditionally accepted or RTU'd to their original units. (Allbeury, 1982)

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