Definition of "noncombat" []

• Not involved in, or designed for combat (adjective)

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• "Women technically may be serving in what they call noncombat roles but they are very vulnerable to post traumatic shock syndrome."
• "[...] 104 have been killed in Iraq and 43 have been killed in what they call noncombat related incidents and of that 43, there are 15 of them that when you look at the cases you think, "Mmm, there's something really strange.""
• "In two weeks Marcone, Pecina and thousands of comrades in arms, brother soldiers and Marines -- and not a few women in so-called noncombat roles, like Jessica Lynch, the POW rescued last week -- performed a truly memorable feat."