naval reserve

Example Sentences

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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

“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

To his frustration the army made no call on him so he went into the naval reserve.

From The Guardian • Dec. 8, 2016

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

In March, 1918, the strength of the naval forces, including regular navy, marines, naval reserve force, national naval volunteers, and coast guard, was 349,997, and at this writing is more than 400,000.

From Our Navy in the War by Perry, Lawrence