U.S.Navy Lt.Commander Christine Sidenstricker tells VOA News that a U.S.quick response force was called in,engaged in combat and then radioed for additional help.

VOA: standard.2009.09.12

But many of the NATO troops are not allowed to engage in combat operations or even to operate in violent parts of the country.

VOA: standard.2009.08.11

Other countries have contributed about 39,000 soldiers, although many are not allowed to engage in combat or serve in violent areas of the country.

VOA: standard.2009.09.03

"When flying low in combat, speed is life. Now,from the left,Captain Smith and Captain Cox return to show center at 300 feet and nearly the speed of sound,".

VOA: standard.2009.11.15

In combat,the frontline soldiers don't care about the M-ATV's logistical burden.

VOA: standard.2010.08.01

"The majority are in combat service support,technical support, computer support,medical."

VOA: standard.2010.07.14

It was the deadliest day in the capital since American combat troops withdrew from Iraqi cities on June thirtieth.

VOA: special.2009.08.22

And I made it clear that by August thirty-first, two thousand ten, America's combat mission in Iraq would end.

VOA: special.2010.08.07

Seki's 442nd Regimental Combat Team became the most decorated unit in US military history for its size and length of service.

VOA: standard.2009.11.04

U.N.humanitarian chief John Holmes, met with government officials in the capital and asked for immediate humanitarian access to the combat zone.

VOA: standard.2009.04.26

military surge in Iraq, said multiple brigades of combat, support and training forces are needed to turn around a deteriorating situation.

VOA: standard.2009.10.15

Al-Qaida in the Islamic Maghreb is a Sunni organization which was formerly known as the Salafist Group for Preaching and Combat.

VOA: standard.2009.12.09

Representative Andre Carson,an Indiana Democrat, who said United States support for an independent Pakistani judiciary would help combat extremism in the country.

VOA: standard.2009.03.11

And there are public-private grants to invest in economic empowerment, combat violence against women and improve access to education and health care.

VOA: standard.2010.04.28

Dr.Betty Maxfield, the army's chief of personnel data. She says Asian-Americans are more commonly found in non-combat jobs then as front-line fighters.

VOA: standard.2010.07.14

Matthew Hoh was a former Marine Corps captain with combat experience in Iraq before he worked for the State Department in Afghanistan.

VOA: standard.2009.11.16

And while international aid to combat terrorism in Yemen has increased in recent months, humanitarian agencies say they are running out of money.

VOA: standard.2010.04.20

He says in the short term, the most effective way to combat piracy is with military force.

VOA: standard.2009.10.30

Yemeni officials say the international funding is not nearly enough to combat poverty, which they say is the real security threat in Yemen.

VOA: standard.2010.04.20

The commander of U.S.forces in Afghanistan, General Stanley McChrystal, has urged a dramatic troop increase to combat militants and help stabilize the country.

VOA: standard.2009.10.25

"Working in a field hospital outside of a nuclear,contaminated zone is a little different than working in a combat zone in Iraq or Afghanistan."

VOA: standard.2010.07.26

"And I made it clear that by August 31,2010 America's combat mission in Iraq would end.

VOA: standard.2010.08.02

During a media conference in Tehran over the weekend, the head of Iranian state TV Ezzetollah Darghami said Iran must "work to combat Western propaganda."

VOA: standard.2009.11.16

"My dad was a combat Marine in Korea and WWII, and he was a rugby coach and a football coach at the University of California.

VOA: standard.2010.05.31

The Pakistani government has encouraged the formation of such groups, known as lashkars,as a way to combat the Taliban in the volatile areas of northwestern Pakistan.

VOA: standard.2009.09.24

But there is strong sentiment in Europe against further deployments of combat troops.

VOA: standard.2009.03.31