Sentence examples for closed combat from inspiring English sources
The services have identified a few previously closed combat jobs that can be opened more rapidly to women.
Public perception of Credlin's extraordinary influence is certainly powerful: powerful enough to waft out of Canberra's closed combat corridors, and into the zeitgeist.
The Marine Corps is set to rename 19 of its job titles following a directive by Secretary of the Navy Ray Mabus to make occupational specialties more gender neutral after once-closed combat jobs were opened to women at the start of the year.
Jack and Cooter present their "gay bomb" to the Pentagon, which only works in closed areas, thus useless in combat.
But while the military says that about 93 percent of positions are open to women under the current policy, many combat roles have remained closed.
Defense officials said the decision to end the ban was made by Panetta, and that individual military services would have until 2016 to seek exemptions if they believe any combat roles should remain closed to women.
To combat the blockade and a closed commercial border with neighboring Egypt, Gazans relied on smuggling tunnels from Egypt.
Technology giants appeared to be open to helping the US government combat Islamic State during an extraordinary closed-door summit on Friday that brought together America's most senior counter-terrorism officials with some of Silicon Valley's most powerful executives.
WASHINGTON -- At a recent closed-door congressional briefing on the administration's new strategy to combat the Islamic State, a top CIA official left little doubt among those in the room about the agency's attitude toward the project.
