service personnel

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Centcom said "Project Freedom" would involve guided-missile destroyers, more than 100 land and sea-based aircraft, and 15,000 service personnel.

From BBC • May 6, 2026

Today, thousands of U.S. service personnel, defense officials and their families are stationed in the United Kingdom, as British personnel serve with equal pride across thirty American States.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 28, 2026

The continent, which is home to around 40 U.S. military bases and 80,000 U.S. service personnel, is a launchpad for U.S. operations in both the Middle East and Africa.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 23, 2026

After the U.S. military announced Sunday that three U.S. service personnel were killed and five others seriously wounded in the attacks, the demands for a clearer justification and new constraints on Trump only increased.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 1, 2026

"Indeed," he believed, "the role of the military establishment in our society required the imposition of such a limitation on the off-duty activities of service personnel."

From Integration of the Armed Forces, 1940-1965 by MacGregor, Morris J.