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One year after Army reservist Robert Card fatally shot 18 people and wounded 13 others in Lewiston, Maine, his family members are working to bring awareness to traumatic brain injuries.
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Audrey Conklin, Fox News, 24 Oct. 2024
Their dispute predates October 7: in March 2023, Gallant warned that the government’s bid to overhaul the judiciary, a controversial proposal that prompted combat reservists to threaten not to show up for military duty, was endangering national security.
—Mairav Zonszein, Foreign Affairs, 15 Oct. 2024
At the outset of the war with Hamas, the military recruited about 295,000 reservists in an effort to boost its manpower.
—Nadeen Ebrahim, CNN, 24 Sep. 2024
Video posted online showed Lev Kreitman, who served six months as a reservist with the Israeli military in Gaza, firing a gun at an unknown target before running away.
—Tamar Michaelis, Zahid Mahmood and Helen Regan, CNN, 3 Oct. 2024
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Audrey Conklin, Fox News, 24 Oct. 2024
Their dispute predates October 7: in March 2023, Gallant warned that the government’s bid to overhaul the judiciary, a controversial proposal that prompted combat reservists to threaten not to show up for military duty, was endangering national security.
—Mairav Zonszein, Foreign Affairs, 15 Oct. 2024
At the outset of the war with Hamas, the military recruited about 295,000 reservists in an effort to boost its manpower.
—Nadeen Ebrahim, CNN, 24 Sep. 2024
Video posted online showed Lev Kreitman, who served six months as a reservist with the Israeli military in Gaza, firing a gun at an unknown target before running away.
—Tamar Michaelis, Zahid Mahmood and Helen Regan, CNN, 3 Oct. 2024
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reservist
noun
re·serv·ist
ri-ˈzər-vəst 
: a member of a military reserve
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