combat-ready

Mr. Panetta said the U.S. would remain "combat-ready" after the shift to a train-and-assist mission in 2013 but would mainly provide support to Afghan units.

U.S. to Shift Afghan Role in '13 Adam Entous 2012

A cornerstone of that effort was the creation of special combat-ready units staffed entirely by professional soldiers, not conscripts.

Russia's Fading Army Fights Losing Battle to Reform Itself Richard Boudreaux 2011

The armored 39-ton fighting vehicle, which would be operated by a three-person crew and can carry 17 combat-ready Marines, is intended to travel at 20 knots from 25 miles out at sea to the shore and at up to 45 mph on land.

Marines' amphibious vehicle program could end under House budget plan 2011

It suddenly struck home: Of the more than three hundred war cabayos that landed at Uzita, only eighty remained combat-ready for the vanguard?

Fire The Sky W. Michael Gear 2011

The armored 39-ton fighting vehicle, which would be operated by a three-person crew and can carry 17 combat-ready Marines, is intended to travel at 20 knots from 25 miles out at sea to the shore and at up to 45 mph on land.

Marines' amphibious vehicle program could end under House budget plan 2011

It suddenly struck home: Of the more than three hundred war cabayos that landed at Uzita, only eighty remained combat-ready for the vanguard?

Fire The Sky W. Michael Gear 2011

China's state media are playing down the military threat posed by the country's new aircraft carrier, suggesting it may be 15 to 20 years before China has a combat-ready carrier.

Chinese Media Minimizes Military Value of Aircraft Carrier 2011

China's state media are playing down the military threat posed by the country's new aircraft carrier, suggesting it may be 15 to 20 years before China has a combat-ready carrier.

Chinese Media Minimizes Military Value of Aircraft Carrier 2011

The Marine Corps, for example, is deploying Marine-tested, combat-ready renewable energy technologies in Afghanistan resulting in two patrol bases being operated entirely on renewable energy.

We Sail the Ocean Blue, but We're Going Green, Too 2011

When all the gunslinging knuckledraggers are walking the streets with their assault rifles in combat-ready positions, itching to “Kill a Democrat for Jesus”??

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