infantry

Example Sentences

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We were wearing matching unit hats: We served in different brigades within the same infantry division.

From Slate • Apr. 1, 2026

The Minneapolis-born, Princeton and Harvard graduate served as an infantry platoon leader in Guantanamo Bay and Iraq, where he was awarded the Bronze Star Medal.

From BBC • Mar. 11, 2026

The former Fox News personality, who served as an Army National Guard infantry officer in Iraq and Afghanistan, disdains rules of engagement and other guardrails as constraining to the “warrior ethos.”

From Salon • Mar. 11, 2026

The thin ranks of its infantry rely on explosive drones and artillery to hold Russian advances back.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 24, 2026

A German infantry corporal squints up from the street.

From "All the Light We Cannot See" by Anthony Doerr