Sentence examples for combat responsibilities from inspiring English sources

He called Defense Secretary Leon E. Panetta "misguided and so naïve" for announcing plans to hand over primary combat responsibilities to Afghan forces next year and leave American troops mainly in training and other roles.

"Continuing the transition and the gradual transfer of combat responsibilities will let us plan for the return of all our fighting forces by the end of 2013," Mr. Sarkozy said after a meeting here with Mr. Karzai.

At a time when the armed forces were segregated and the military brass was reluctant to give blacks combat responsibilities, the four squadrons of the Tuskegee unit proved time and time again that black pilots had the bravery and skills to escort American bombers to their targets and blow enemy planes out of the sky. Lee Andrew Archer Jr. was born in Yonkers on Sept. 6, 1919.

For the remainder of the war, Beauregard was Johnston's subordinate, assigned to routine matters without combat responsibilities.

U.S. combat units in Afghanistan are going outside the wire — leaving their bases — less often as combat responsibilities are turned over to Afghan security forces.

"It is encouraging to see the Obama administration embrace the plan of Gen. David Petraeus that began with the successful surge in 2007, and continues shifting combat responsibilities to our Iraqi allies," said Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell of Kentucky.

As ISIS weakens and loses ground, the U.S. should turn over ever more combat responsibility to those states most threatened by the jihadist group.

The Salafist Group for Preaching and Combat claimed responsibility for the Dec. 10 attack.

In Combat: Your responsibility in combat is to survive and do your best to keep your buddies alive.

Journalists covering combat shoulder great responsibilities and face difficult choices.

What is bravery, and what is bravado?" She added: "Journalists covering combat shoulder great responsibilities and face difficult choices.