Sentence examples for support in combat from inspiring English sources

Bonded by the common danger they face in battle, they become a band of brothers whose mutual dependence and mutual support in combat create the cohesion necessary to function as a fighting unit.

On Syria, Earnest said Obama would ask for Russian support in combatting Isis and would "make clear once again that Russia doubling down on their support for the [Bashar] Assad regime is a losing bet".

But on the rest … well, people seem to support women in combat overwhelmingly, for example.

9.32am BST Farage says, if women are physically up to it, he would support them serving in combat roles.

Yet he does not seem to understand the first obligation of a commander in chief and that is to support American troops in combat.

The deployment is the first time since World War II that the Japanese military has been used to support forces engaged in combat.

That is because many of the troops that would remain in Iraq are in training or support units, not in combat forces.

Winning public support to engage in combat depends heavily on the preexisting (and always changing) relationship the government shares with its people.

Allied air superiority helped tip the balance, providing close support to troops in combat and targeting Japanese logistics.

Most civilians killed by insurgents die from IEDs and suicide attacks, while airstrikes in support of troops in combat account for most civilians killed by NATO and the Government of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan.

And, although I do not blazon my car with bumper stickers, I do support our troops in combat and grieve their every casualty.