professional soldier
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“There is a very strict selection process there. Everyone is a professional soldier – no conscripts,” he explains.
From BBC • Nov. 25, 2024
Oleh is a professional soldier - noted by the tattoo across his left arm reading "pugnare cum gladio," Latin for "fight with a sword."
From Reuters • Dec. 21, 2022
Byun voluntarily joined as a non-commissioned officer to become a professional soldier.
From Seattle Times • Oct. 22, 2021
Some celebrants of today’s volunteer Army think that the last centuries’ conscripts were comparatively inept, but Mr. Beevor, himself a former professional soldier, shows that many of these amateurs became pretty good at their trade.
From New York Times • Dec. 27, 2015
The sceptre of all that the professional soldier held dear was thrust into his hands.
From The Spirit of Lafayette by Hallowell, James Mott
