service member
noun
variants
or less commonly servicemember
plural service members also servicemembers
: a person who is a member of the armed forces
Once Federal Judge Martin Barash administered the oath of allegiance and spoke about their new responsibilities and privileges, he singled out each service member by name (the only new citizens offered this recognition), and the crowd responded with standing ovations.—
Smithsonian
SmithsonianFor three-quarters of a century, East Helena has proudly honored servicemembers with a monument in the heart of town. And now community leaders are looking for names of area veterans as they rebuild the monument with a new design.—Tom Kuglin
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Behind the celebrations are service members, veterans, caregivers and survivors carrying invisible burdens such as grief, trauma, isolation and stress.
—Ken Fisher, Boston Herald, 22 Dec. 2025
The vice president helped uniformed service members carry the casket to the plane.
—Jonathan J. Cooper, Fortune, 22 Dec. 2025
The administration has billed this as a response to the American service members who were killed in Syria, allegedly by ISIS, but this looked like a pretty strenuous attack on targets in Syria this week.
—ABC News, 21 Dec. 2025
The problem gave rise to San Diego’s Support the Enlisted Project, which helps service members to deal with a variety of serious financial problems.
—Gary Robbins, San Diego Union-Tribune, 20 Dec. 2025
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Ken Fisher, Boston Herald, 22 Dec. 2025
The vice president helped uniformed service members carry the casket to the plane.
—Jonathan J. Cooper, Fortune, 22 Dec. 2025
The administration has billed this as a response to the American service members who were killed in Syria, allegedly by ISIS, but this looked like a pretty strenuous attack on targets in Syria this week.
—ABC News, 21 Dec. 2025
The problem gave rise to San Diego’s Support the Enlisted Project, which helps service members to deal with a variety of serious financial problems.
—Gary Robbins, San Diego Union-Tribune, 20 Dec. 2025
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“Service member.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/service%20member. Accessed 24 Dec. 2025.
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