professional soldier
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“There is a very strict selection process there. Everyone is a professional soldier – no conscripts,” he explains.
From BBC ● Nov. 25, 2024
The man said he declined the offer because he was not a professional soldier and had never fired a shot since completing his service.
From Reuters ● Jul. 8, 2022
Byun voluntarily joined as a non-commissioned officer to become a professional soldier.
From Seattle Times ● Oct. 22, 2021
Some celebrants of today’s volunteer Army think that the last centuries’ conscripts were comparatively inept, but Mr. Beevor, himself a former professional soldier, shows that many of these amateurs became pretty good at their trade.
From New York Times ● Dec. 27, 2015
Prince Albert could hardly have been called a professional soldier at all; and this would have been greatly in his favor.
From Modern Leaders: Being a Series of Biographical Sketches by McCarthy, Justin
