military service

noun

: time spent serving in the army, navy, air force, etc.

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His background includes federal investigative work and military service, followed by a legal career focused on criminal defense and federal matters. Doug Myers, CBS News, 25 Feb. 2026 The court’s conservative majority has approved nearly all of the president’s unprecedented number of emergency applications seeking a green light for government layoffs, federal funding freezes, expedited removal of immigrants, and expulsion of transgender military service members. Devin Dwyer, ABC News, 24 Feb. 2026 And that idea of serving her people, which is expressed through wearing the uniform that thousands of other young women are wearing at that point in wartime military service, is very important. Hadley Hall Meares, Vanity Fair, 24 Feb. 2026 Her retirement capped more than 30 years of military service. Elise Schmelzer, Denver Post, 23 Feb. 2026 See All Example Sentences for military service

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“Military service.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/military%20service. Accessed 1 Mar. 2026.

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