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Recent Examples of mortarman
Freeman was a mortarman, dropping onto the French shore in 1944 with an 18-pound mortar baseplate on his chest, according to Columbus Air Force Base, which honored his service last year.
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Doha Madani, NBC News, 5 July 2022
During a simulated battle scenario, the mortarmen were to drive Humvees into a valley and fire mortars at a distant target, to be designated by a white-phosphorus explosion.
—Michael Schulman, The New Yorker, 21 Oct. 2019
When the wind calmed, the mortarmen tried again, hitting the flag on their fourth try.
—Michael M. Phillips, WSJ, 10 Dec. 2017
Hansen B. Kirkpatrick, a mortarman with the 1st Armored Division’s 1st Stryker Brigade Combat Team, was killed by indirect fire while outside his base on a partnered operation with Afghan troops, said Navy Capt.
—Dan Lamothe, Washington Post, 5 July 2017
Machine gunners, mortarmen, and other soldiers that carry heavy equipment on the battlefield could soon get a little help from FORTIS.
—Kyle Mizokami, Popular Mechanics, 18 May 2017
Doha Madani, NBC News, 5 July 2022
During a simulated battle scenario, the mortarmen were to drive Humvees into a valley and fire mortars at a distant target, to be designated by a white-phosphorus explosion.
—Michael Schulman, The New Yorker, 21 Oct. 2019
When the wind calmed, the mortarmen tried again, hitting the flag on their fourth try.
—Michael M. Phillips, WSJ, 10 Dec. 2017
Hansen B. Kirkpatrick, a mortarman with the 1st Armored Division’s 1st Stryker Brigade Combat Team, was killed by indirect fire while outside his base on a partnered operation with Afghan troops, said Navy Capt.
—Dan Lamothe, Washington Post, 5 July 2017
Machine gunners, mortarmen, and other soldiers that carry heavy equipment on the battlefield could soon get a little help from FORTIS.
—Kyle Mizokami, Popular Mechanics, 18 May 2017
Recent Examples of Synonyms for mortarman
Noun
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Dave Brubeck, already an accomplished jazz pianist, serving in a military band at a Riverside, California, base, was reassigned, trained, then shipped overseas as a replacement infantry rifleman.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
14 Oct. 2025
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Those services can include playing taps and providing riflemen.—
Jordan Rusche,
Twin Cities,
6 Oct. 2025
Noun
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Hessler served in the U.S. Army as a field artilleryman for six years, retiring as a staff sergeant before serving two years as a patrol officer for the Baltimore City Police, followed by a lateral transfer to Carroll in March of 2021.—
Thomas Goodwin Smith,
Baltimore Sun,
21 Nov. 2024
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Tim Walz enlisted as an artilleryman in the Nebraska Army National Guard in 1981, the day after his 17th birthday.—
The Editors,
National Review,
8 Aug. 2024
Noun
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There’s just a handful of men and women worldwide who innately grasp what makes a luxury marine adventure, well, truly luxurious.—
Mark Ellwood,
Robb Report,
22 Oct. 2025
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In an Indo-Pacific conflict, modern gliders could deliver supplies nightly to marines in remote locations, much as wooden gliders sustained Allied paratroopers in Normandy.—
Maximilian K. Bremer,
Foreign Affairs,
10 Oct. 2025
Noun
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Crew can be assigned to the deck or boarding teams, with multiple slots for cannoneers, gunners, and boarders.—
PCMAG,
PCMAG,
20 Feb. 2025
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Artillery is a delicate skill, with cannoneers assessing topography, air pressure and even the weather at the top of the round’s parabolic arc before taking a shot.—
Anastacia Galouchka,
Washington Post,
12 Mar. 2023
Noun
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The gunner’s heritage was 100 percent Ashkenazi Jewish.—
Amy Weiss-Meyer,
The Atlantic,
31 Oct. 2025
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The gunner reps, the jammer reps.—
Dieter Kurtenbach,
Mercury News,
26 Oct. 2025
Noun
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Check with a local ranger for special warnings.—
Don Sweeney,
Sacbee.com,
3 Nov. 2025
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Rader Lane, the ranger, said researchers had found that the elk might be crowding into the village because the Coconino Rim just south of there, where we were headed next, had a particularly high concentration of mountain lions.—
Joan Meiners,
AZCentral.com,
27 Oct. 2025
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“Mortarman.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/mortarman. Accessed 8 Nov. 2025.
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