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Recent Examples of infantry
The Army has more than 6,700 women enlisted and nearly 3,000 female officers serving in the combat arms branches of air defense and field artillery, armor, aviation, engineers, cyber, infantry, and special Forces, according to Maj. Travis Shaw, an Army spokesperson.
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Cybele Mayes-Osterman, USA Today, 3 Apr. 2025
The Guardsmen will provide infantry support, medical assistance and interpretation duties.
—Daniel McFadin, Arkansas Online, 14 May 2025
By sending fewer new recruits to tank school, military planners could send more to infantry school.
—David Axe, Forbes.com, 13 May 2025
Listen to Gardner Botsford, for example, hitherto a reporter at the magazine, who receives his commission, as an infantry lieutenant, in June, 1943, and is sent to Camp Ritchie, in Maryland, to be schooled in dealing with the French Army and the Resistance.
—Anthony Lane, New Yorker, 5 May 2025
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Cybele Mayes-Osterman, USA Today, 3 Apr. 2025
The Guardsmen will provide infantry support, medical assistance and interpretation duties.
—Daniel McFadin, Arkansas Online, 14 May 2025
By sending fewer new recruits to tank school, military planners could send more to infantry school.
—David Axe, Forbes.com, 13 May 2025
Listen to Gardner Botsford, for example, hitherto a reporter at the magazine, who receives his commission, as an infantry lieutenant, in June, 1943, and is sent to Camp Ritchie, in Maryland, to be schooled in dealing with the French Army and the Resistance.
—Anthony Lane, New Yorker, 5 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for infantry
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Key Facts The Israeli military posted the warning on the army’s X account in Farsi, the same day Iran fired a new wave of missile attacks on Israel killing at least eight people, the Associated Press reports.—
Yezen Saadah,
Forbes.com,
16 June 2025
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Two months later, the Continental Congress voted to replace the part-time militias with a full-time army.—
David Martin
June 15,
CBS News,
15 June 2025
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On May 22, three soldiers who witnessed the Mount Suribachi flag-raising on the island of Iwo Jima were greeted by 1,000 schoolchildren.—
Patrick Sauer,
Smithsonian Magazine,
24 Dec. 2024
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The goal is to slow Russia's advance and weaken their fighting power while sacrificing as few Ukrainian soldiers as possible.—
Brian Mann,
NPR,
24 Dec. 2024
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A day after, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth ordered the battalion from the Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center at Twentynine Palms.—
Ethan Wolin,
Sacbee.com,
13 June 2025
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Like the National Guard battalion in a Title 10 status, these Marines will protect federal functions, personnel, and property, which includes accompanying federal personnel on missions.—
Dan Gooding
Gabe Whisnant,
MSNBC Newsweek,
11 June 2025
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“Infantry.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/infantry. Accessed 20 Jun. 2025.
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