Sentence examples for serving combat from inspiring English sources

The Obama administration lifted the ban on women in serving combat units in late 2015.

An Army survey conducted last year by its Training and Doctrine Command revealed that 8percentt of female respondents held a high interest in serving combat assignments, while 20percentt showed moderate or high interest in those assignments, The State reports.

Canteens feeding 2,000 people, civilians as well as military personnel, may soon be forced to serve combat rations in plastic sleeves, known as meals ready to eat.

A veteran of World War II, he also served combat duty as a First Lieutenant in the United States Marine Corps First Marine Division during the Korean War.

Lewis Manalo, who served combat tours in Afghanistan in 2002 and 2003, wrote a withering critique of Mr. Junger's "War" on the Publishing Perspectives Web site, calling his depiction of soldiers "superficial and unsophisticated".

Under military rules, the jury will include officers and enlisted, most of whom, if not all, have served combat tours in Iraq, Afghanistan or both.

In fact, if we did go to Mali, the first people to sign up would be the people who served combat tours in Afghanistan".

Women were not allowed into the service academies until 1976 and were barred from flying on combat missions or serving on combat ships until the 1990s.

Serving in combat units, in addition to experiencing combat, is critical for advancement to the highest ranks of the military.

Despite the ban on female combat service, many women are already serving in combat roles.

Women are now banned from serving in "combat units" — but that has not kept them out of combat in recent years, or from filling many combat roles.