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In another reminder of Israel's divisions, a group of reservists and retired officers demonstrated in an ultra-Orthodox neighborhood.
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Melanie Lindman, Wafaa Shurafa, arkansasonline.com, 1 Apr. 2024
American officials have sought to tamp down tensions, and Iran has tried to rein in its network of militias after a drone fired by one of the groups killed three U.S. Army reservists in January.
—Victoria Kim, New York Times, 29 Mar. 2024
Almost all of the Israeli reservists have gone home.
—Hazem Balousha, Washington Post, 27 Mar. 2024
In 2019, years after leaving active duty to become a reservist, Mark began to feel ill after a family vacation.
—Nathan Luna, ABC News, 26 Mar. 2024
An Army reservist who carried out a high-profile mass shooting in Lewiston, Maine, last year was also found to have brain damage, underscoring how much the research and technology needed to fully understand and treat traumatic brain injury is still lagging.
—Josh Feldman, NBC News, 18 Mar. 2024
The reservists are not curtailing settlement expansion, Yosef Shalom said.
—Kate Linthicum, Los Angeles Times, 13 Mar. 2024
Wa State’s army commands 30,000 troops and 20,000 reservists, more than the militaries of Sweden or Kenya.
—Patrick Winn, Rolling Stone, 13 Apr. 2024
Soldiers are the romantic heroes of the moment, with young women on dating apps seeking out reservists posting photos of themselves in Gaza.
—Howard Lafranchi, The Christian Science Monitor, 4 Apr. 2024
Melanie Lindman, Wafaa Shurafa, arkansasonline.com, 1 Apr. 2024
American officials have sought to tamp down tensions, and Iran has tried to rein in its network of militias after a drone fired by one of the groups killed three U.S. Army reservists in January.
—Victoria Kim, New York Times, 29 Mar. 2024
Almost all of the Israeli reservists have gone home.
—Hazem Balousha, Washington Post, 27 Mar. 2024
In 2019, years after leaving active duty to become a reservist, Mark began to feel ill after a family vacation.
—Nathan Luna, ABC News, 26 Mar. 2024
An Army reservist who carried out a high-profile mass shooting in Lewiston, Maine, last year was also found to have brain damage, underscoring how much the research and technology needed to fully understand and treat traumatic brain injury is still lagging.
—Josh Feldman, NBC News, 18 Mar. 2024
The reservists are not curtailing settlement expansion, Yosef Shalom said.
—Kate Linthicum, Los Angeles Times, 13 Mar. 2024
Wa State’s army commands 30,000 troops and 20,000 reservists, more than the militaries of Sweden or Kenya.
—Patrick Winn, Rolling Stone, 13 Apr. 2024
Soldiers are the romantic heroes of the moment, with young women on dating apps seeking out reservists posting photos of themselves in Gaza.
—Howard Lafranchi, The Christian Science Monitor, 4 Apr. 2024
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“Reservist.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/reservist. Accessed 6 May. 2024.
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reservist
noun
re·serv·ist
ri-ˈzər-vəst 
: a member of a military reserve
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