Sentence examples for combat behind from inspiring English sources

But some of his comrades had many years of jungle combat behind them and were unimpressed by the brigadier and his bluster.

As darkness fell the British and French fleets separated, leaving Révolutionnaire and her final enemy, HMS Audacious, still locked in combat behind them.

Leaving non-combat troops behind will either turn them into combat troops or leave them as targets without any support.

Besides, with a broken marriage and three combat deployments behind him, he was looking forward to a weekend away.

The way to fight a war is to mobilize the country — not just the combat troops — behind an integrated wartime effort.

I met one defector who was as different from Abu Ali as anyone could be: 22 years old, well-built, recklessly brave, with years of combat experience behind him.

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(Mr. Biden also asserted during his speech here that Mr. Romney said it was tragic to leave Iraq and not leave behind 30,000 combat troops.

At 9 p.m. on a recent Thursday, Ms. Rosenfelt, wearing a black sweater, miniskirt and combat boots, appeared behind a blue door in the unimposing prewar apartment building.

Even then, it is limited to a withdrawal of combat brigades, leaving behind a large contingent of training units, logistical units, as well as "some" security units.