service member
noun
variants
or less commonly servicemember
plural service members also servicemembers
: a person who is a member of the armed forces
Once Federal Judge Martin Barash administered the oath of allegiance and spoke about their new responsibilities and privileges, he singled out each service member by name (the only new citizens offered this recognition), and the crowd responded with standing ovations.—
Smithsonian
SmithsonianFor three-quarters of a century, East Helena has proudly honored servicemembers with a monument in the heart of town. And now community leaders are looking for names of area veterans as they rebuild the monument with a new design.—Tom Kuglin
Tom KuglinExamples of service member in a Sentence
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Trump's and Harris' picks guarantee that a former service member will be the next vice president.
—Avery Lotz, Axios, 6 Aug. 2024
The Florida National Guard has around 3,000 service members readying for response efforts, the governor’s office had stated previously in an email.
—Richard Tribou, Orlando Sentinel, 5 Aug. 2024
Metal detectors beeped across a quiet, five-acre plot of forest and field on England's eastern Suffolk coast as dozens of American and British service members sifted clumpy, wet soil from a deep impact crater.
—Ramy Inocencio, CBS News, 5 Aug. 2024
The 2023 crash in Japan was the fourth and most recent in a series of fatal Osprey crashes that have killed 20 service members within the past two-and-a-half years.
—Laura Strickler, NBC News, 1 Aug. 2024
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Avery Lotz, Axios, 6 Aug. 2024
The Florida National Guard has around 3,000 service members readying for response efforts, the governor’s office had stated previously in an email.
—Richard Tribou, Orlando Sentinel, 5 Aug. 2024
Metal detectors beeped across a quiet, five-acre plot of forest and field on England's eastern Suffolk coast as dozens of American and British service members sifted clumpy, wet soil from a deep impact crater.
—Ramy Inocencio, CBS News, 5 Aug. 2024
The 2023 crash in Japan was the fourth and most recent in a series of fatal Osprey crashes that have killed 20 service members within the past two-and-a-half years.
—Laura Strickler, NBC News, 1 Aug. 2024
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“Service member.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/service%20member. Accessed 18 Aug. 2024.
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