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Erickson was an Army infantryman from May 2021 to November 2024, an Army spokesperson, Lt. Col. Ruth Castro, told NBC News.
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Greg Hanlon, PEOPLE, 15 Dec. 2025
Rubio, from the small town near Sacramento, was an infantryman assigned to the 1st Battalion, 1st Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division and had just joined the service in January.
—Erika I. Ritchie, Oc Register, 5 Dec. 2025
Thus, Fort Liberty again becomes Fort Bragg—this time supposedly named not for Confederate General Braxton Bragg but for Private Roland L. Bragg, a hitherto obscure infantryman who fought in the Battle of the Bulge.
—Max Boot, Foreign Affairs, 15 Oct. 2025
Overburdened infantrymen who had been on the front lines for months, some since the Normandy landings, remained there for weeks and months on end.
—Literary Hub, 14 Oct. 2025
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Greg Hanlon, PEOPLE, 15 Dec. 2025
Rubio, from the small town near Sacramento, was an infantryman assigned to the 1st Battalion, 1st Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division and had just joined the service in January.
—Erika I. Ritchie, Oc Register, 5 Dec. 2025
Thus, Fort Liberty again becomes Fort Bragg—this time supposedly named not for Confederate General Braxton Bragg but for Private Roland L. Bragg, a hitherto obscure infantryman who fought in the Battle of the Bulge.
—Max Boot, Foreign Affairs, 15 Oct. 2025
Overburdened infantrymen who had been on the front lines for months, some since the Normandy landings, remained there for weeks and months on end.
—Literary Hub, 14 Oct. 2025
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“Infantryman.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/infantryman. Accessed 10 Jan. 2026.
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infantryman
noun
in·fan·try·man
-mən 
: a soldier of the infantry
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