reservist

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Recent Examples of reservist Hegseth's personal lawyer was directly commissioned as a Navy commander in the Judge Advocate General's Corps as a reservist in a Pentagon ceremony on March 5. Nicholas Creel, MSNBC Newsweek, 21 Apr. 2025 Moscow declared a partial mobilization of 300,000 reservists in September 2022. Ellie Cook john Feng, MSNBC Newsweek, 12 June 2025 An anonymous air force reservist speaks to NBC News. Hala Gorani, NBC news, 31 May 2025 Withdrawals are allowed for military reservists called to active duty. James Brewer, Forbes.com, 27 May 2025 See All Example Sentences for reservist
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Noun
  • The appeals court ruled that the president can keep control of the guardsmen while legal proceedings in the case continue.
    James Bickerton, MSNBC Newsweek, 21 June 2025
  • While speaking with the press, Vance defended the administration’s controversial use of the California National Guard in Los Angeles after a federal appeals court allowed President Donald Trump to maintain control over thousands of guardsmen.
    Natasha Chen, CNN Money, 20 June 2025
Noun
  • Vance, a Marine veteran, is touring a multi-agency Federal Joint Operations Center as well as a Federal Mobile Command Center.
    Sarah Beth Hensley, ABC News, 20 June 2025
  • According to Whitney Decker, Travis Decker, a veteran, was suffering from mental health issues at the time.
    Sophie Clark, MSNBC Newsweek, 20 June 2025
Noun
  • That summer, Robert Morris—the lawyer who had been organizing Black militiamen in Boston, to no avail—asked Sumner for a favor.
    Zaakir Tameez June 11, Literary Hub, 11 June 2025
  • But then, in late 2011, Iranian militiamen stormed the British embassy in Tehran, briefly holding staff members hostage.
    EDWARD FISHMAN, Foreign Affairs, 4 June 2025
Noun
  • His swift rise—from conscript to drone commander—drew strong reactions from Russian pro-war bloggers, who contrasted Ukraine's meritocratic approach with Russia's rigid military hierarchy.
    Jesus Mesa, MSNBC Newsweek, 25 June 2025
  • The rest are conscripts – sentenced to work for the Chapel of the Holy Expediency for their various crimes.
    Erik Kain, Forbes.com, 17 May 2025
Noun
  • But gastrointestinal absorption of the drug can be thwarted by GI troubles, which the man had.
    ArsTechnica, ArsTechnica, 20 June 2025
  • The phone number is run by GI Rights Network, a coalition of non-profit, non-governmental organizations who provide free support to veterans and their families.
    Althea Legaspi, Rolling Stone, 8 June 2025
Noun
  • Blanchett’s attention then returns to her recruit, who insists on going another round.
    Denise Petski, Deadline, 27 June 2025
  • Eastern Michigan football recruit Elijah Berman was killed in a motorcycle crash involving a semitruck Tuesday evening, according to officials.
    Paulina Dedaj, FOXNews.com, 26 June 2025
Noun
  • Eight colonial militiamen, also known as minutemen, were killed and others were wounded.
    Jasmine Baehr, FOXNews.com, 20 Apr. 2025
  • But the courts are saying no and are not afraid, showing the spirit of those long-ago minutemen.
    New York Daily News Editorial Board, New York Daily News, 19 Apr. 2025

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