In the West of the country, militias accrued power and influence during the 2011 conflict when ex-army and navy personnel joined civilian volunteers to form armed combat groups.
"We have to deal with something few others face: armed combat with drug-traffickers who are equipped with heavy weapons coming from abroad, " Rio's state public security director Jose Beltrame told the Associated Press in October.
Staff Sergeant Romesha will receive the Medal of Honor for his courageous actions while serving as a Section Leader with Bravo Troop, 3d Squadron, 61st Cavalry Regiment, 4th Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division during combat operations against an armed enemy at Combat Outpost Keating, Kamdesh District, Nuristan Province, Afghanistan on October 3, 2009.
Staff Sergeant Clinton L. Romesha distinguished himself by acts of gallantry and intrepidity at the risk of his life above and beyond the call of duty while serving as a Section Leader with Bravo Troop, 3rd Squadron, 61st Cavalry Regiment, 4th Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division, during combat operations against an armed enemy at Combat Outpost Keating, Kamdesh District, Nuristan Province, Afghanistan on October 3rd, 2009.
As Bush embarked on that war, the United States had never used armed drones in combat.
Mr dos Santos's latest warning seems designed to prepare the world for a return to direct combat between the armed forces of the two sides.
Some branches of the armed forces, especially the crack combat units, were much less relaxed about the idea of openly gay comrades.
America's technology has long been recognized as a military force-multiplier, critical to the maintenance of the U.S. armed forces' qualitative edge in combat.
Kapaun distinguished himself by acts of gallantry and intrepidity above and beyond the call of duty while serving with the 3rd Battalion, 8th Cavalry Regiment, 1st Calvary Division during combat operations against an armed enemy at Unsan, Korea, from November 1st to 2nd, 1950.
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Chaplain Kapaun will receive the Medal of Honor posthumously for his extraordinary heroism while serving with the 3d Battalion, 8th Cavalry Regiment, 1st Cavalry Division during combat operations against an armed enemy at Unsan, Korea and as a prisoner of war from November 1-2, 1950.
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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Private First Class Henry Svehla distinguished himself by acts of gallantry and intrepidity above and beyond the call of duty while serving as a rifleman with F Company, 32nd Infantry Regiment, 7th Infantry Division, in connection with combat operations against an armed enemy in Pyongony, Korea, on 12 June, 1952.
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Sexual proclivities, especially in circumstances of forced intimacy (like foxholes, barracks, submarines, etc.), do interfere with the "good order and discipline" required if the military is to be able to recruit, retain, prepare and employ effectively in combat the sort of armed forces we must have in a dangerous world.
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To the end, they refused to give guns to their slaves and press them into combat, even after Lincoln armed the freed slaves and other blacks and formed them into effective regiments.
Derek Hammond, a South African aid worker, reports evidence of Chinese logistical support for combat efforts of Sudan's armed forces.
If the armed forces tragically commit a mistake while in combat against terrorist groups that results in the death of an innocent, this sentence absurdly assumes that the President "has to know" all the actions of his subordinates and that "most probably, " he ordered them.
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In the wake of the murders allegedly perpetrated by an individual who was not only allowed to remain in the armed forces and ordered to a theater of combat operations (where he could have done even more harm), but was promoted giving such behavior a pass is appalling to most Americans.
The charge was that they set terrorists and criminals free while accusing the police and the armed forces of being "too harsh" in their combat tactics.
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As a direct result, what is left of our armed forces is being sorely taxed by intensive and sustained combat operations in Iraq (and, increasingly, in Afghanistan).
Today, by moving to open more military positions including ground combat units to women, our armed forces have taken another historic step toward harnessing the talents and skills of all our citizens.
Ms Fletcher said the charity would like to see further investigation into how many people in support roles in the armed forces were in reality ever required to perform in combat.
Ryan was dressed in combat-style camouflage clothing and roamed the area armed with a semi-automatic rifle and pistol.
Services and programs offered on the post range from helping troops who are leaving the armed services find employment or pursue education to helping soldiers deal with combat-related illnesses like post-traumatic stress disorder.
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.
"Recent Mexican army and police force conflicts with heavily armed narcotics cartels have escalated to levels equivalent to military small-unit combat and have included use of machine guns and fragmentation grenades, " said the warning issued last month.
Russian armed forces are currently providing decisive material and logistic and some actual combat support to Abkhazian separatists in Georgia.
Russian armed forces are currently providing decisive material and logistic -- and some actual combat -- support to Abkhazian separatists in Georgia.
Giffords is the only serving member of congress married to an active duty member of the Armed Services husband Mark Kelly is an Air Force pilot who flew combat missions during the first Gulf War.
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Mr Belmokhtar joined the conflict, which claimed hundreds of thousands of lives, and became a key figure in the militant Armed Islamist Group (GIA) and later the breakaway Salafist Group for Preaching and Combat (GSPC).
Even though the defense budget has grown dramatically over that period, necessary modernization of the armed services has been substantially deferred in favor of meeting the immediate requirements to fund combat and support operations and maintenance.
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