professional soldiers

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They now appear to form the majority of Russia's new recruits, as opposed to professional soldiers who joined the army before the invasion or those mobilised for military service afterwards.

From BBC • Dec. 29, 2025

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

Posters seeking professional soldiers have sprung up in the Russian capital in recent weeks declaring that "Our Profession is to defend the Motherland."

From Reuters • Apr. 20, 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