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The shift comes after the Pentagon began moving away from its requirement that all service members — active duty and reservists — receive a seasonal flu shot.
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Melissa Quinn, CBS News, 21 Apr. 2026
In fact, Botanik’s entire unit of the 3rd Mountain Assault Battalion are former civilians or reservists who only made their way into the armed forces following Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine.
—Daria Tarasova-Markina, CNN Money, 20 Apr. 2026
In Israel, authorities arrested several people in connection to a case alleging that military reservists traded on Polymarket using classified military intelligence.
—Bobby Allyn, NPR, 16 Apr. 2026
Jury found Luis Antonio Gomes Akay guilty of murdering his girlfriend, Army reservist Anna Laura Costa Porsberg, whose body was never found.
—Los Angeles Times, 4 Apr. 2026
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Melissa Quinn, CBS News, 21 Apr. 2026
In fact, Botanik’s entire unit of the 3rd Mountain Assault Battalion are former civilians or reservists who only made their way into the armed forces following Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine.
—Daria Tarasova-Markina, CNN Money, 20 Apr. 2026
In Israel, authorities arrested several people in connection to a case alleging that military reservists traded on Polymarket using classified military intelligence.
—Bobby Allyn, NPR, 16 Apr. 2026
Jury found Luis Antonio Gomes Akay guilty of murdering his girlfriend, Army reservist Anna Laura Costa Porsberg, whose body was never found.
—Los Angeles Times, 4 Apr. 2026
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“Reservist.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/reservist. Accessed 26 Apr. 2026.
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reservist
noun
re·serv·ist
ri-ˈzər-vəst 
: a member of a military reserve
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