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Meanings of combat arm in English
Military service branch which conducts direct military combat operations in land warfare.
Usage of combat arm in English
1
Given the primacy of the RMN within the Star Empire, the RMMC has become the senior ground combat arm of the Star Empire.
2
He shifted the AK to combat arms and got ready.
3
MacReidie and I-almostall of the men in the Merchant Marine-hadn'tserved in the combat arms.
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Instead, it had shuffled him back into a combat arms assignment with almost indecent haste .
5
"I think I told you what I collect-personalcombat arms, both firearms and edge-weapons."
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For example, during the Vietnam War some black Americans complained that too many Negroes were serving in the more dangerous combat arms.
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Thus, it is particularly ironic that some would change the name of PSYOP units that employ nonlethal means to support these combat arms.
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Before being accepted for service in the Queen's Own, an individual must first prove himself or herself thoroughly in one of the combat arms.
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Lord Dannatt, the former head of the Army, told the BBC that women should not be in "the combat arms" as "a matter of principle".