Military service branch which conducts direct military combat operations in land warfare.
1He shifted the AK to combat arms and got ready.
2MacReidie and I-almostall of the men in the Merchant Marine-hadn'tserved in the combat arms.
3Instead, it had shuffled him back into a combat arms assignment with almost indecent haste .
4For example, during the Vietnam War some black Americans complained that too many Negroes were serving in the more dangerous combat arms.
5Thus, it is particularly ironic that some would change the name of PSYOP units that employ nonlethal means to support these combat arms.
6Before being accepted for service in the Queen's Own, an individual must first prove himself or herself thoroughly in one of the combat arms.
7Lord Dannatt, the former head of the Army, told the BBC that women should not be in "the combat arms" as "a matter of principle".
8"I think I told you what I collect-personalcombat arms, both firearms and edge-weapons."
Translations for combat arms