personnel
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"But we have to work with the personnel that we have and we're very proud to do that. We've got a very good squad."
From BBC • Apr. 16, 2026
Riverside County Fire Capt. John Clingingsmith Jr. said 110 fire personnel were battling the blaze, using 30 engines, four hand crews, two dozers and one water tender truck.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 15, 2026
The Pentagon is interested in enlisting the companies to use their personnel and factory capacity to increase production of munitions and other equipment as the wars in Ukraine and Iran deplete stocks.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 15, 2026
Once Kansas City police have trained counterdrone personnel and installed detection equipment for soccer matches at Arrowhead Stadium, that capability does not disappear — it becomes part of the local security apparatus.
From MarketWatch • Apr. 13, 2026
Using tanks and armored personnel carriers, troops move into the jungle near the Cambodian border to search for a suspected Viet Cong base camp, 1970.
From "Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam" by Elizabeth Partridge
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