service in 1980 as the standard main battle tank, ultimately replacing the M60 tank. Send us feedback about these examples.The M1 entered U.S. These examples are programmatically compiled from various online sources to illustrate current usage of the word 'crewman.' Any opinions expressed in the examples do not represent those of Merriam-Webster or its editors. 2023 On the Oklahoma alone, 429 crewmen would perish, most submerged in the ship and unable to escape. Baldor, Star Tribune, 15 July 2021 And many Ukrainian tank crewmen are being trained on Western tanks in countries like Germany and Britain. 2023 Those who pass move on to seven weeks of basic crewman training to learn combat, weapons and communications training, followed by a seven-week intermediate-level seamanship course, and finally survival, evasion, resistance and escape training and a cultural course. Anastacia Galouchka, Washington Post, 12 Mar.

2023 The tank engine quit its smoky growl on a solid chunk of Highway T0504, and two crewmen leaped off to inspect the tracks. Mary Ann Gwinn, Los Angeles Times, 14 Apr.

Kyle Mizokami, Popular Mechanics, The crew was a combustible mix of regular sailors, marines and impressed crewmen - impressment being a kind of slavery wherein men were kidnapped and forced to serve for an indefinite period. Warren Kulo | al, 16 June 2023 The Zuni shot out of the rocket pod, severing the arm of a crewman who was in the rocket’s path, and hitting an A-4 Skyhawk.

Matina Stevis-Gridneff, New York Times, 21 June 2023 Coast Guard officials later confirmed one crewman was spotted in the water, but then disappeared. Recent Examples on the Web On Wednesday morning one crewman carried an umbrella up the gangway that the migrants unsteadily walked down last week, some of them met by stretchers and health workers with foil blankets.

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