The Army depends on part-time soldiers to fill certain specialty support jobs during war.

Even part-time soldier would be great but I can't do anything and that's what's breaking me.

The military provides a salary for part-time soldiers on active duty.

But its experience also raised questions about how often the Pentagon can turn to part-time soldiers.

The general is not arguing that he needs more than 200,000 part-time soldiers now in the Reserve.

These part-time soldiers may be called up to full-time whenever the Army needs them.

They could hear the Chinese commander yelling at his part-time soldiers.

For the next 14 years he would remain in the Army as a part-time soldier.

Around 35 percent of the troops in Iraq are part-time soldiers.

Even if they had been eager to serve, these landowners could be no more than part-time soldiers.