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Recent Examples of nonmilitary
Running the air-traffic system is one of the few nonmilitary functions of the federal government which involve day-to-day operational responsibilities, and at times the F.A.A. has had difficulty modernizing its equipment, notably its computer systems.
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Matthew L. Wald, The New Yorker, 1 Feb. 2025
Two defense officials told NBC News that two military planes and one nonmilitary plane flew immigrants to Guatemala.
—Suzanne Gamboa, NBC News, 25 Jan. 2025
Trump also published a memo requiring all government employees return to work in person on a full-time basis, and another instituting a hiring freeze for nonmilitary government positions.
—Sarah Fortinsky, The Hill, 21 Jan. 2025
In February 1942, Alfred Stanford, commodore of the Cruising Club of America, one of the country’s leading amateur sailing groups, sent a proposal to the Navy to use nonmilitary sailing vessels for anti-submarine patrols and rescue operations.
—David Wolman, Smithsonian Magazine, 8 Jan. 2025
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Matthew L. Wald, The New Yorker, 1 Feb. 2025
Two defense officials told NBC News that two military planes and one nonmilitary plane flew immigrants to Guatemala.
—Suzanne Gamboa, NBC News, 25 Jan. 2025
Trump also published a memo requiring all government employees return to work in person on a full-time basis, and another instituting a hiring freeze for nonmilitary government positions.
—Sarah Fortinsky, The Hill, 21 Jan. 2025
In February 1942, Alfred Stanford, commodore of the Cruising Club of America, one of the country’s leading amateur sailing groups, sent a proposal to the Navy to use nonmilitary sailing vessels for anti-submarine patrols and rescue operations.
—David Wolman, Smithsonian Magazine, 8 Jan. 2025
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“Nonmilitary.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/nonmilitary. Accessed 13 Mar. 2025.
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