Word: noncombatant
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...strength, Saudi, Egyptian, British, Syrian and French. The . small gulf sheikdoms -- including Kuwait's government-in-exile -- fielded 11,500 troops with the Saudis, while lesser contingents from 17 other countries carried out some aircraft, ship and behind-the-lines assignments. Most of the 28 coalition members performed noncombat duties or tried, as the 1,700 Moroccan troops did, to stay invisible: their dispatch to Saudi Arabia had become a focus of controversy back home. But Schwarzkopf took pains to tip his forage cap to the chief partners, all of whose missions he termed "very, very tough...
...last August knocked this comfortable quietism sideways. Kohl and Kaifu struggled to live up to allied expectations, but each soon found himself in a political minefield. Kohl had to back off from a suggestion that German soldiers might legally go to the gulf. Kaifu proposed to dispatch troops to noncombat support roles well behind the lines; Japan erupted like a reactivated Mount Fuji...
...units, such as infantry, armor and artillery, that are likely to be engaged in combat. But Panama demonstrated how such distinctions blur when the shooting starts. Colorado Congresswoman Patricia Schroeder argued last week that "once you no longer have a definable front, it's impossible to separate combat from noncombat. The women carried M-16s, not dog biscuits...