professional soldiers

Still, we have heard complaints, notably from professional soldiers, that raw recruits have been sent to other fronts without inadequate training and thrust prematurely into frontline combat.

Through our time in Myanmar we meet people dressed in military fatigues, some carrying assault rifles and other guns – not professional soldiers, but farmers, students, ordinary people displaying remarkable resolve in the face of a savage conflict.

How could we climb the Pamir Mountains faster than five professional soldiers?

These people can't do what professional soldiers can do, explains Mr Cranny-Evans.

Professional soldiers from Colombia bolster the ranks of volunteers from around the world who have answered Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy’s call for foreign fighters to join his nation’s war with Russia.