Sentence examples for share of combat from inspiring English sources

Brown, Miliband, and British military leaders would like other NATO allies to assume a greater share of combat operations, stressing that the U.S., UK and a few other allies have borne the brunt of the fighting.

These include recognising that Afghanistan and Pakistan are a "single theatre", enlisting help from neighbours (including Iran), ending the uncritical support George Bush gave Mr Karzai, handing a bigger share of combat missions over to a larger Afghan army and reviving the drive for political reconciliation that started after the invasion of 2001 but withered on the vine.

While he has seen his fair share of combat, Munday is able to compartmentalize his experiences and discuss them with relative ease.

One of veterans -- a Marine who had seen his fair share of combat -- commented on how much he hated that phrase.

However, doing so will require America's ground forces to provide at least 20,000 combat advisers for the duration of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan — men and women specially equipped and trained to help foreign forces bear a greater share of the combat load.

This is the combination of Afghan and allied troops that the Obama administration and the government in Kabul say will assume an increasing share of the combat burden in Afghanistan as the NATO alliance gradually hands over responsibility for security operations to Afghan troops.

The work requires its fair share of political combat, often against MADD.

Carpenter, too, has spent his fair share of time combatting misconceptions since his iconic win.

But the defining experience of his life was Vietnam so the veterans not only remind fellow Americans that he shared the experience of combat, but that he is also capable of inspiring personal loyalty and trust.

But the British leader accompanied his vow to stick with the British commitment with a fresh demand that other NATO nations accept a heavier share of the growing combat with the Taliban.

In the costume department, boxes of World War II helmets and rows of combat boots share space with bright sprays of peacock feathers and a large assortment of Little Bo Peep hats.