"the term noncombatant is interpreted to include, in addition to civilians, read US military personnel who at the time of the incident are unarmed and/or not on duty.". From Wordnik.com. [Monday, October 31, 2005] Reference
While the vast majority of contractor personnel were involved in noncombatant logistics tasks, DOD estimated there were over 20,000 armed contractors in Iraq during 2007. From Wordnik.com. [David Isenberg: Sergio Leone on PMC] Reference
But Tony, putting this military planning team on the ground at the Embassy is pretty typical of the next step in what the military calls a noncombatant evacuation. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Jul 16, 2006] Reference
Every death of a noncombatant is a moral outrage. From Wordnik.com. [Derrick Crowe: Spike in Civilian Casualties Shows U.S. War Policy Is Failing Afghans and Americans] Reference
Almost all of our noncombatant Tanu citizens survived. From Wordnik.com. [The Golden Torc]
But many of my noncombatant brethren believe otherwise. From Wordnik.com. [Ariel Gonzalez: McClellan, MacArthur, McChrystal] Reference
PELTON: If you were a noncombatant, there were no outsiders?. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Dec 20, 2001] Reference
The noncombatant dead number some twenty-four thousand more. From Wordnik.com. [The First Man in Rome]
He chopped down at unprotected noncombatant shoulders and heads. From Wordnik.com. [The Fire In His Hands]
To be female is a fairly reliable indicator of being a noncombatant. From Wordnik.com. [Israel's 60-Year Test] Reference
All noncombatant residents should report to their designated shelters. From Wordnik.com. [The Waste Lands]
As of June 2006, it placed noncombatant deaths at between 104,000 and 223,000. From Wordnik.com. [For Whom Exactly Does the Bell Toll?: Vanity Fair] Reference
While women were in noncombatant roles in the past, Iraq is a different story. From Wordnik.com. [More Mental Trauma Due To Iraq Reported Amongst Female Veterans] Reference
It has always been one of our greatest fears to injure or kill any noncombatant. From Wordnik.com. [MAIL CALL] Reference
Another soldier died from noncombatant wounds suffered in Mosul in northern Iraq. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript May 11, 2006] Reference
While he was unarmed and only trying to flee, their customs counted him a noncombatant. From Wordnik.com. [Owlflight]
Because, since they would not accept her as a combatant, she enlisted as a noncombatant. From Wordnik.com. [Fiddler Fair]
The RED CROSS was created as a voluntary, noncombatant organization to assist the wounded. From Wordnik.com. [2. Intensifications of Global International and Economic Relations, 1860-1914] Reference
Besides, taking care of wedding arrangements will keep noncombatant minds off the barbarians. From Wordnik.com. [Owlsight]
The commander must be proactive in reducing the risk of fratricide and noncombatant casualties. From Wordnik.com. [FM 71-1 Chapter 2 Battle Command]
Obviously, civilians wouldn't provide cover if there was no such thing as noncombatant immunity. From Wordnik.com. [My Son Thinks He's French] Reference
Pending his appeal, he served in a noncombatant post with the 82nd Airborne Division in Afghanistan. From Wordnik.com. [Hell No, They Won't Go!] Reference
Knowledge and employment of applicable ROE are the primary means of preventing noncombatant casualties. From Wordnik.com. [FM 71-1 Chapter 2 Battle Command]
The principle of minimum-essential force helps reduce casualties in the noncombatant civilian population. From Wordnik.com. [FM 7-98 Chptr 2 - Support For Insurgency and Cntrinsrgncy]
He approaches terrorism from the standpoint of just war theory and its principle of noncombatant immunity. From Wordnik.com. [Terrorism] Reference
"Oh, momma, no!" shrieked the girl, suddenly dragged from noncombatant status into the very eye of the fight. From Wordnik.com. [Smart Dragons, Foolish Elves]
And the intrepid noncombatant carried on either arm a big basket of a type well known to our American fighters. From Wordnik.com. [Ned, Bob and Jerry on the Firing Line The Motor Boys Fighting for Uncle Sam] Reference
There is no immediate plan for what is called an evacuation, a noncombatant evacuation of those 2,000 Americans. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Sep 24, 2002] Reference
Consider them rather poor dears to be protected and cherished, but permit them in quite high noncombatant positions. From Wordnik.com. [The Price of the Phoenix]
As you know, we've had a noncombatant evacuation capability down south now on a continual basis for a couple of months. From Wordnik.com. [Senior Officials Backgrounder On Haiti Intervention] Reference
Naturally he would have been denied permission to go forward during an engagement -- that was no time nor place for a noncombatant. From Wordnik.com. [Ned, Bob and Jerry on the Firing Line The Motor Boys Fighting for Uncle Sam] Reference
Surprisingly, it demands what the English version does not, that a combatant, in taking action, risk oneself more than a noncombatant. From Wordnik.com. [My Son Thinks He's French] Reference
Every man, woman, and noncombatant in the Hawks knew Warrl and Warrl's signal-and knew that where Warrl was, Tarma was following after. From Wordnik.com. [Oathbreaker]
"The son," he said, "a British subject, who endeavoured to avoid military service, was arrested, and is serving in a noncombatant unit.". From Wordnik.com. [Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 153, November 7, 1917] Reference
A large increase in the number of noncombatant locals that the U.S. or anti-Afghan-government elements have inadvertently slaughtered, and. From Wordnik.com. [Derrick Crowe: At Least the War in Afghanistan Is Working Out for China!] Reference
Most of the things I am talking about are new missions, such as peacekeeping and noncombatant evacuation of civilians from crisis areas. From Wordnik.com. ['Toe-To-Toe Over Taiwan'] Reference
Being a musician I was counted a noncombatant, and my duties during battle consisted in helping the wounded back to hastily extemporized hospitals. From Wordnik.com. [Doctor Jones' Picnic] Reference
The United Nations will find it impolitic to admit this; the big international relief groups, proud of their noncombatant status, will shy from acknowledging it. From Wordnik.com. [Put the Pentagon in Charge] Reference
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