professional soldiers
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Alongside full-time professional soldiers, many branches of the Israeli military depend on reservists who are required to undergo regular training and are called up at times of war.
From Reuters ● Jul. 26, 2023
These were professional soldiers who were paid by a company called the Wagner Group.
From NewsForKids.net ● Jun. 27, 2023
But Captain Fritz said that so many of their professional soldiers had been injured or killed by this point that the 79th had turned to recruits with little prior military experience to fill the holes.
From New York Times ● Jun. 13, 2023
Australia's reliance on "tiny" numbers of professional soldiers carrying out multiple tours of duty in conflict zones is another thing "that we ought to reflect on", Prof Stanley says.
From BBC ● Jun. 2, 2023
Most history textbooks about the colonial period refer to the militias, which were organized groups of armed farmers or townspeople, not trained professional soldiers.
From "An Indigenous People’s History of the United States" by Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz
