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The Ukrainian national guard’s 5th Special Forces Regiment has been firing Javelins at night.
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David Axe, Forbes, 22 Jan. 2025
Weeks later, Joe Biden was sworn in as the 46th president of the U.S. behind riot barriers, barbed wire, and under the eyes of more than 25,000 national guard troops.
—Tess Owen, WIRED, 20 Jan. 2025
On October 6, advancing Russian troops overran a position in the town held by the Ukrainian national guard’s Kara Dag Brigade—and captured four guardsmen.
—David Axe, Forbes, 24 Oct. 2024
In order to defend against coups, Saudi Arabia’s armed forces had been set up as three separate institutions: the regular army, the national guard, and the security forces of the Ministry of Interior, each headed by a different branch of the House of Saud.
—Toby Matthiesen, Foreign Affairs, 8 Nov. 2017
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David Axe, Forbes, 22 Jan. 2025
Weeks later, Joe Biden was sworn in as the 46th president of the U.S. behind riot barriers, barbed wire, and under the eyes of more than 25,000 national guard troops.
—Tess Owen, WIRED, 20 Jan. 2025
On October 6, advancing Russian troops overran a position in the town held by the Ukrainian national guard’s Kara Dag Brigade—and captured four guardsmen.
—David Axe, Forbes, 24 Oct. 2024
In order to defend against coups, Saudi Arabia’s armed forces had been set up as three separate institutions: the regular army, the national guard, and the security forces of the Ministry of Interior, each headed by a different branch of the House of Saud.
—Toby Matthiesen, Foreign Affairs, 8 Nov. 2017
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for national guard
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Editors’ Picks 10 Gut Myths, Corrected Are Dental X-Rays Safe? Image With 1.2 million troops, North Korea’s military ranks among the world’s largest standing armies, and its entry into the war was a profound escalation in a war now approaching its fourth year.—
Marc Santora,
New York Times,
22 Jan. 2025
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China has the most manpower, with the largest standing army in the world.—
New Atlas,
New Atlas,
11 Dec. 2024
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Once the war breaks out between the two ruling militias, escape becomes the only safe way out for the filmmakers and their protagonists.—
Murtada Elfadl,
Variety,
31 Jan. 2025
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Rwanda does not deny the allegations but has criticized DR Congo for collaborating with a Hutu militia group against a mainly Tutsi rebel group, the CNDP, which M23 grew out of.—
Nimi Princewill,
CNN,
30 Jan. 2025
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Prior to his civil service career, from 1966 to 1969, Dr. Arendt was a soldier in the U.S. Army and served as a battalion mail clerk, a 4.2mm mortarman in Alaska and a military policeman in Colorado at Fort Carson's maximum-security stockade.—
Ethan Stone,
USA TODAY,
1 Feb. 2025
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Another battalion serviceman told CNN the North Koreans had shown good marksmanship when shooting down drones from about a 100-meter distance, suggesting a high level of training in North Korea.—
Victoria Butenko,
CNN,
31 Jan. 2025
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Last week, pro-Hezbollah Shiite residents of southern Lebanon defied Israeli army orders and sought to storm into their villages.—
Benjamin Weinthal,
Fox News,
3 Feb. 2025
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Although your empire will keep all of its settlements and Commanders – a new unit type that can be level up and used to move an entire stack of units easily – during an Age Transition, a part of your army gets deleted.—
David Faris,
Newsweek,
3 Feb. 2025
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“National guard.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/national%20guard. Accessed 13 Feb. 2025.
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