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The staff flexes up and down as the need arises, with roughly 12,000 employees who respond as reservists or local temporary hires.
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Dinah Voyles Pulver, USA Today, 2 May 2025
Tim Parlatore, Hegseth's personal attorney, works at the Pentagon as a Navy reservist assigned to Hegseth's office.
—Luis Martinez, ABC News, 20 Apr. 2025
Cartwright had been staying in the mill overnight with employees and armed reservists from the Cumberland militia, one of many military units dispatched to centers of unrest.
—John Cassidy, New Yorker, 14 Apr. 2025
The army would swell in size from 74,000 to roughly 200,000 personnel, including reservists and civilian roles, the broadcaster reported, citing anonymous sources.
—Daniel R. Depetris, Newsweek, 25 Mar. 2025
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Dinah Voyles Pulver, USA Today, 2 May 2025
Tim Parlatore, Hegseth's personal attorney, works at the Pentagon as a Navy reservist assigned to Hegseth's office.
—Luis Martinez, ABC News, 20 Apr. 2025
Cartwright had been staying in the mill overnight with employees and armed reservists from the Cumberland militia, one of many military units dispatched to centers of unrest.
—John Cassidy, New Yorker, 14 Apr. 2025
The army would swell in size from 74,000 to roughly 200,000 personnel, including reservists and civilian roles, the broadcaster reported, citing anonymous sources.
—Daniel R. Depetris, Newsweek, 25 Mar. 2025
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“Reservist.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/reservist. Accessed 13 May. 2025.
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reservist
noun
re·serv·ist
ri-ˈzər-vəst 
: a member of a military reserve
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