naval reserve

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Andriy Ryzhenko, a captain in the Ukrainian naval reserve, had told Ukrainian media he believed the vessel struck by the missile was the Askold.

From Seattle Times • Nov. 6, 2023

Many, often volunteers who had joined the naval reserve, had navigated the narrow channel where the Iolaire struck the rocks as fishermen in civilian life.

From The Guardian • Jan. 1, 2019

“I spent 30 years in the naval reserve and was deployed four times to the Persian Gulf,” said Dr. Jerry Wisniew, who worked in the temporary morgue established that day in St. Augustine High’s gym.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 25, 2018

The July 16 attack on a naval reserve center and recruiting station was carried out by 24-year-old Mohammad Youssef Abdulazeez, who was born in Kuwait and became a naturalized American citizen.

From Washington Post • Dec. 16, 2015

It has, in fact, been a form of naval reserve.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 5 "Clervaux" to "Cockade" by Various