Jun 12, 2016 19:51
7 yrs ago
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English term

service members

English Law/Patents General / Conversation / Greetings / Letters
What is the meaning of "service members" here? How can we paraphrase it?


The mission of the National Intellectual Property Rights Coordination Center is to ensure national security by protecting the public's health and safety, the U.S. economy and service members, and to stop predatory and unfair trade practices that threaten the global economy.

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soldiers

Is what they are

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Note added at 5 mins (2016-06-12 19:56:17 GMT)
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Any active-duty soldier, sailor, marine or airman.

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Note added at 6 mins (2016-06-12 19:57:44 GMT)
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"military personnel"
Peer comment(s):

agree Alice Yang (X)
5 mins
agree Peter Simon : see http://www.oxforddictionaries.com/definition/english/service...
1 hr
agree Lingua 5B
1 hr
agree philgoddard : You haven't explained why. One of the things they do is to prevent the sale of counterfeit (and possibly dangerous) weapons technology.
1 hr
agree Arabic & More : Members of the military...or people serving in the military.
1 hr
agree airmailrpl : military personnel
2 hrs
agree Yasutomo Kanazawa
10 hrs
agree Charles Davis : "the nation's health and safety, economy and warfighters" "they can especially impact Department of Defense missions, weapons and the lives of service members" https://www.ice.gov/iprcenter
13 hrs
agree Ashutosh Mitra
2 days 9 hrs
agree acetran
3 days 15 hrs
agree crossroad
11 days
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