The UN Security Council has approved the creation of a special combat force to carry out "targeted offensive operations" against armed groups in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo.
In the morning I had the privilege of joining Bill and Melinda Gates at the launch of a special program to combat Neglected Tropical Diseases.
One is can you talk about the exemption for the NRA and how difficult it was to support the legislation that was designed to combat special interests with a special interest carve-out?
Pairing units which includes combining two units together or simply having two units fight side by side not only gives special boosts in combat, it can lead to friendships and even marriages as the story advances.
Thanks to these qualities, the Osprey represents more than just an invaluable asset to the U.S. military first for the Marines and, in due course, for special operations, combat search and rescue and other applications.
These include, notably: rapid movement of Marines and their materiel, special operations forces and combat search-and-rescue personnel.
But he has never been injured in combat or required special medical care that would take him even further away from his family.
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Led by Hannah Rosenthal who has served as our Special Envoy to Monitor and Combat Anti-Semitism we are standing up against the rising tide of anti-Semitism.
Samuel Pisar, the writer and Lawyer newly appointed UNESCO Special Envoy for Holocaust Education, and Hannah Rosenthal, US Special Envoy to Monitor and Combat Anti-Semitism, US Department of State.
Samuel Pisar, UNESCO Special Envoy for Holocaust Education and Hannah Rosenthal, Special Envoy to Monitor and Combat Anti-Semitism for the US Department of State will be among the participants.
There are several other tweaks, including a dash for players to move in and out of the action with ease and special globes that drop during combat which provide short-acting buffs similar to shrines.
Also in attendance at the meetings was Ambassador Ian Kelly, the U.S. Representative to the OSCE, as well as Ambassador Michael Kozak, a senior adviser on human rights who is serving as the acting special envoy to monitor and combat anti-Semitism.
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Hampshire Constabulary is drafting plans for special officers on horseback to help combat crime in rural areas.
He argues that just as special army units were trained to fight the FARC in the jungle, special police units are needed to combat crime in the cities.
Worst affected were the youngsters in the special forces, who were always on combat missions.
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Miller distinguished himself by extraordinary acts of heroism while serving as the weapons sergeant in Special Forces Operational Detachment Alpha 3312, Special Operations Task Force 33, Combined Joint Special Operations Task Force Afghanistan, during combat operations against an armed enemy in Kunar Province, Afghanistan, on January 25th, 2008.
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In sub-Saharan Africa as in Libya, we will - in his immortal phrase, "lead from behind": American special operations forces will not engage in combat, just train and direct the locals to put Kony out of business, much as we are still trying to help theLibyan "insurgents" do to Qaddafi.
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This week the Bush administration appointed Joseph Ralston, a former supreme allied commander of NATO in Europe, as its special envoy to co-ordinate efforts to combat Kurdish terrorism.
In July 1992, OSD effectively rejected the requirements established by the commands responsible for Special Operations Forces (SOF) and Navy Combat Search and Rescue (CSAR) for an aircraft with the high speed and long range capabilities critical to their respective missions.
In the process, the Navy was obliged to violate established DoD procedure concerning joint programs and to ignore the long-standing requirement of Special Operations Forces (SOF) and Navy Combat Search and Rescue (CSAR) for a system with the speed and range critical to their missions.
It is unclear that the eastern rebels could play the role of the Afghan Northern Alliance, whose forces had considerable combat experience such that only modest special operations forces and air support were needed to dislodge the Taliban (or, rather, force them to retreat) in late 2001 through early 2002.
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They did so in the conviction that this extraordinary technology can and must be brought to bear so that untold thousands of their countrymen can perform dangerous combat, search and rescue, special operations and other missions in the future in greater safety and with greater likelihood of success than with helicopter alternatives.
But it is understood that up to 200 members of the UK's special forces could stay on after that date to help combat terrorism.
Combat Search And Rescue teams were involved in the Special Forces rescue of Private Jessica Lynch in Iraq.
The entire operation was part of Air Force Special Operations Command, but recently moved under the umbrella of Air Combat Command.
Part of our training has been spent inside special heat chambers at Liverpool John Moores University in a bid to combat the heat and humidity in Australia.
Combat Outpost Tillman, named after the NFL star and special forces soldier Pat Tillman who died in an infamous friendly fire incident, was one of those closed.
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He served in and led our most elite special forces units for decades, including in many of our most dangerous recent combat operations.
Despite the change in Pentagon policy, it still remains to be seen how receptive the military will be to placing women in combat roles, especially elite units like Rangers, SEALs and Army Special Forces.
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