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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Continue reading … -- POLITICS ‘UN-AMERICAN’ – Pentagon faces criticism over crackdown on service members celebrating Charlie Kirk’s killing.
—FOXNews.com, 16 Sep. 2025
His years of leadership and experience will help support our service members effectively.
—Aliss Higham, MSNBC Newsweek, 16 Sep. 2025
The 2025 Invictus Games were the seventh cycle of the international adaptive sports tournament Prince Harry founded in 2014 to support wounded, injured and sick service members and veterans, and the competition in Canada took him and Meghan back to a country that's central to their love story.
—Janine Henni, PEOPLE, 15 Sep. 2025
Nearly half of the nation’s armed forces are National Guard and Reserve service members.
—Matt Leclercq, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 15 Sep. 2025
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FOXNews.com, 16 Sep. 2025
His years of leadership and experience will help support our service members effectively.
—Aliss Higham, MSNBC Newsweek, 16 Sep. 2025
The 2025 Invictus Games were the seventh cycle of the international adaptive sports tournament Prince Harry founded in 2014 to support wounded, injured and sick service members and veterans, and the competition in Canada took him and Meghan back to a country that's central to their love story.
—Janine Henni, PEOPLE, 15 Sep. 2025
Nearly half of the nation’s armed forces are National Guard and Reserve service members.
—Matt Leclercq, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 15 Sep. 2025
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“Service member.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/service%20member. Accessed 17 Sep. 2025.
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