rifleman

Example Sentences

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In the future, Breuer predicts, “Every rifleman will need to be a drone pilot.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 12, 2026

Born and raised in Oslo, the princess recently completed her military service, spending 15 months as an engineer soldier and rifleman.

From BBC • May 28, 2025

Trained as a rifleman, Anderson found himself in Vietnam’s Quang Tri province.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 8, 2024

Carl Hughes confirmed that his dad was a rifleman at An Hoa Combat Base in the Quang Nam province near Danang — the same area where Webb had fought.

From Washington Post • Feb. 24, 2023

Every American was a rifleman by birth, and one American was worth ten or twenty foreigners in a fight.

From "East of Eden" by John Steinbeck