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a person engaged in military service
one of the goals of war is to keep as many soldiers as possible from being killed
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It is based on her reporting about the murder by Salvadoran soldiers of more than 1,000 civilian residents of the village of El Mozote in 1981, and the return of survivors years later.
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Jim Higgins, Journal Sentinel, 11 Dec. 2024
More Ukrainian soldiers deserted between January and the end of October this year than in the previous two years of full-scale war with Russia, the Financial Times reported.
—Joseph Epstein, Newsweek, 10 Dec. 2024
Prince William joined in the festive spirit by helping to distribute gifts to children from under the Christmas tree before enjoying a lively performance by a Fijian choir composed of soldiers from the Mercian Regiment.
—Simon Perry, People.com, 10 Dec. 2024
Decades after Israeli soldiers raped and killed a Palestinian teenager during a massacre of Bedouins, a woman in Ramallah becomes obsessed with the story and sneaks into Israel to find out more.
—The Week Us, theweek, 10 Dec. 2024
Still, for a long time, the main difficulty for soldiers who needed amputations was surviving long after the operation.
—Rivka Galchen, The New Yorker, 9 Dec. 2024
Many defence agencies utilize these technologies to simulate battlefield conditions, allowing soldiers to hone their skills in safe yet challenging virtual settings.
—Kathleen Walch, Forbes, 9 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
Federal soldiers soon located and arrested 31 of the most prominent rebels, including Fries.
—Joseph Thorndike, Forbes, 9 Dec. 2024
Jim Higgins, Journal Sentinel, 11 Dec. 2024
More Ukrainian soldiers deserted between January and the end of October this year than in the previous two years of full-scale war with Russia, the Financial Times reported.
—Joseph Epstein, Newsweek, 10 Dec. 2024
Prince William joined in the festive spirit by helping to distribute gifts to children from under the Christmas tree before enjoying a lively performance by a Fijian choir composed of soldiers from the Mercian Regiment.
—Simon Perry, People.com, 10 Dec. 2024
Decades after Israeli soldiers raped and killed a Palestinian teenager during a massacre of Bedouins, a woman in Ramallah becomes obsessed with the story and sneaks into Israel to find out more.
—The Week Us, theweek, 10 Dec. 2024
Still, for a long time, the main difficulty for soldiers who needed amputations was surviving long after the operation.
—Rivka Galchen, The New Yorker, 9 Dec. 2024
Many defence agencies utilize these technologies to simulate battlefield conditions, allowing soldiers to hone their skills in safe yet challenging virtual settings.
—Kathleen Walch, Forbes, 9 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
Federal soldiers soon located and arrested 31 of the most prominent rebels, including Fries.
—Joseph Thorndike, Forbes, 9 Dec. 2024
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