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service personnel

NOUN
troop/troops
Synonyms
WEAK
armed forces army assemblage assembly band body bunch collection combatants company contingent corps crew crowd delegation drove fighting forces flock forces gang gathering herd horde host legion military multitude number outfit pack party personnel soldiers soldiery squad swarm team throng troopers troupe unit

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Today, thousands of U.S. service personnel, defense officials and their families are stationed in the United Kingdom, as British personnel serve with equal pride across thirty American States.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 28, 2026

The continent, which is home to around 40 U.S. military bases and 80,000 U.S. service personnel, is a launchpad for U.S. operations in both the Middle East and Africa.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 23, 2026

After the U.S. military announced Sunday that three U.S. service personnel were killed and five others seriously wounded in the attacks, the demands for a clearer justification and new constraints on Trump only increased.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 1, 2026

He added: "The least I and many others deserve is for the redress scheme to actually recognise what happened to hundreds, if not thousands of service personnel, was wrong."

From BBC • Feb. 18, 2026

While the brotherhoods of the train service personnel were thus shifting their tactics, they kept drawing nearer to the position held by the other unions in the railway service.

From A History of Trade Unionism in the United States by Perlman, Selig