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Mexican military, police and national guard members: Filming in Weatherford on Aug. 1.
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Brayden Garcia, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 27 July 2024
The area also became a bloody sight during the French Revolution, when a crowd clashed with the city’s national guard in 1791, leading to at least 13 deaths according to WorldHistory.org.
—Anna Gordon, TIME, 26 July 2024
Former Wagner troops have been absorbed into Russia's national guard, also known as Rosgvardia, according to an update by the UK Ministry of Defence this month.
—Elliott Goat, The Week Uk, theweek, 20 Feb. 2024
The media ran footage of migrants rushing past national guard soldiers—a scene that looked like total chaos.
—Jenn Budd, Orange County Register, 21 May 2024
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Brayden Garcia, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 27 July 2024
The area also became a bloody sight during the French Revolution, when a crowd clashed with the city’s national guard in 1791, leading to at least 13 deaths according to WorldHistory.org.
—Anna Gordon, TIME, 26 July 2024
Former Wagner troops have been absorbed into Russia's national guard, also known as Rosgvardia, according to an update by the UK Ministry of Defence this month.
—Elliott Goat, The Week Uk, theweek, 20 Feb. 2024
The media ran footage of migrants rushing past national guard soldiers—a scene that looked like total chaos.
—Jenn Budd, Orange County Register, 21 May 2024
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During the Cold War, the Soviet Union built one of the largest standing armies in the world, twice the size of the U.S. military.Sarah A. Topol, New York Times, 20 Sep. 2024
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On the other hand, the Democratic-Republicans’ vision for the nation was based on the yeoman farmer with limited federal government and no standing army.Lindsay M. Chervinsky / Made by History, TIME, 19 Sep. 2024
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Swaths of it are under the control of a patchwork of different militias with competing agendas who regularly shift allegiances.Clarissa Ward, CNN, 23 Oct. 2024
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Episode subjects range from militias in Palestine to AI, Milei’s Argentina and robots in Japan, said Vernis.John Hopewell, Variety, 22 Oct. 2024
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In 1965, mid-way through the conflict in Vietnam, Laos, and Cambodia, Black Americans filled 31% of the ground combat battalions in Vietnam, nearly triple the percentage of Black Americans as a minority in the general U.S. population at the time (12%).Natasha Gural, Forbes, 23 Oct. 2024
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Blinken determined last April that the battalion had committed gross human rights violations, but found that the IDF had taken action to address the U.S. concerns.Barak Ravid, Axios, 21 Oct. 2024
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The Bagler army crept into the stronghold through a secret door as residents dined, burning everything inside, according to the study.Ashley Strickland, CNN, 25 Oct. 2024
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The arrival of Pietro (Giuseppe De Domenico), a taciturn Sicilian soldier who hides out in town after deserting the army, disrupts the dynamics of the local teacher’s family, changing them forever.Zac Ntim, Deadline, 24 Oct. 2024
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“National guard.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/national%20guard. Accessed 5 Nov. 2024.
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