combat
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Kim, absorbing North Korea’s first major combat losses in many decades, has lavished surviving families with banquets, gold medals and new Pyongyang apartments.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 11, 2026
The request includes funding for 18 combat vessels and 16 noncombat ships such as firefighting boats, a hospital ship and specialized ships to carry fuel, equipment, vehicles and supplies.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 10, 2026
He was promptly drafted into the Army, but his mountaineering experience led him to be assigned to the Mountain and Cold Weather Training Command in Colorado instead of combat duty in Korea.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 8, 2026
Several hundred people, including some in combat uniforms and wearing face coverings, have taken part in a dissident republican Easter commemoration in Londonderry.
From BBC • Apr. 6, 2026
Veteran combat pilots trained the recruits in air combat tactics.
From "A Thousand Sisters" by Elizabeth Wein
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