combat-ready

• “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.”

  Voice of America: Chinese Media Minimizes Military Value of Aircraft Carrier

• “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.”

  The Wall Street Journal: We Sail the Ocean Blue, but We're Going Green, Too

• “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.”

  The Washington Post: Marines' amphibious vehicle program could end under House budget plan

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

  Think Progress » Obama bumper sticker fuels violent political road rage in Tennessee.

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

  Simon & Schuster: Fire The Sky

• “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.”

  The Wall Street Journal: U.S. to Shift Afghan Role in '13

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

  The Wall Street Journal: Russia's Fading Army Fights Losing Battle to Reform Itself

• “Poor soldier against progressives, he thinks just because carried a GOP-provided teabagger sign at the combat-ready position, that makes him a real soldier.”

  Think Progress » Palin Tells Constitution-Loving Tea Partiers: We Don’t Need A President Who Is A ‘Constitutional Law Professor’

• “Throughout Valencia, Mission and 16th street, over 850 writers were standing combat-ready in restaurants, clubs, coffee bars, shops and pubs.”

  The Huffington Post: Zachary Ehren: Bondage, Banjos and Deepak Chopra: How to Fight Evil in San Franscisco

• “By also committing to boost combat-ready special forces, officials here are seeking to reassure the Pentagon that Britain will still retain its global role as deputy to Washington's sheriff.”

  The Washington Post: Britain announces major military cutbacks

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