The phrase "a decade of combat" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to refer to a ten-year period characterized by warfare or conflict.
Example: "The region has experienced a decade of combat, leading to significant changes in its political landscape."
Alternatives: "ten years of warfare" or "a ten-year conflict".
The force has been stretched by a decade of combat.
After more than a decade of combat, no more heckling, no more yapping.
The signs of nearly a decade of combat and aging inventory are evident in each branch.
General McChrystal, in a telephone interview on Sunday, noted that a decade of combat carried out by a relatively small military force "has required a lot of sacrifice by families".
At the same time, he will have to convince a specific audience — in Beijing — that relocating resources to the region after a decade of combat in the Middle East and Southwest Asia is not meant to confront China.
In more than a decade of combat overseas, the military and V.A. have continually had to adjust to the challenges of new traumas with new treatments, as with the epidemic of brain injuries and post-traumatic stress.
After more than a decade of fighting, Nato combat forces will all be gone from Afghanistan by the end of 2014, leaving the country's soldiers and police to fight the battle-hardened Taliban alone.
Credit View full screen As American combat troops prepare to leave Afghanistan after more than a decade of fighting, it's easy to forget that the war in that country has been going for even decades longer.
A decade of guerrilla combat was required to drive them out.
Finally, after a decade of political combat, he reluctantly decided to abandon Iran for an uncertain exile.
Many more ticking time bombs unlike Miller and Page, not yet detonated are now settling back home after a decade of hard combat training.
