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The Army officer, who's an artillery operator, spoke under the condition of anonymity because she's not authorized to speak publicly, due to Defense Department media regulations.
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James Laporta, CBS News, 13 Dec. 2024
The army has stepped up airstrikes in the half of the country that the RSF controls, while the RSF has staged raids on villages and intense artillery strikes.
—Reuters, CNN, 11 Dec. 2024
During the American Civil War, when infections killed more soldiers than artillery did, it was said that a soldier was lucky to have a limb shot off rather than cut off by a battlefield surgeon; field surgeons were unlikely to be working with a clean blade.
—Rivka Galchen, The New Yorker, 9 Dec. 2024
Moscow sent some special-operations units, military police, advisers, and artillery teams to Syria.
—Nicole Grajewski, The Atlantic, 3 Dec. 2024
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James Laporta, CBS News, 13 Dec. 2024
The army has stepped up airstrikes in the half of the country that the RSF controls, while the RSF has staged raids on villages and intense artillery strikes.
—Reuters, CNN, 11 Dec. 2024
During the American Civil War, when infections killed more soldiers than artillery did, it was said that a soldier was lucky to have a limb shot off rather than cut off by a battlefield surgeon; field surgeons were unlikely to be working with a clean blade.
—Rivka Galchen, The New Yorker, 9 Dec. 2024
Moscow sent some special-operations units, military police, advisers, and artillery teams to Syria.
—Nicole Grajewski, The Atlantic, 3 Dec. 2024
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“Artillery.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/artillery. Accessed 30 Dec. 2024.
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