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Those images are contrasted with two videos of drag queens, plus a clip of Dr. Levine — who is currently Assistant Secretary for Health and an admiral in the Public Health Service Commissioned Corps (which is not part of the Department of Defense and is only comprised of noncombatants).
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Samantha Riedel, Them, 16 Oct. 2024
The room is not just for veterans, but for noncombatants, too, caught up in the tragedy of war.
—Anna Mulrine Grobe, The Christian Science Monitor, 27 Sep. 2024
He is accused of shooting dead a noncombatant in a wheat field in Uruzgan province in 2012.
—Rod McGuirk, Los Angeles Times, 12 Sep. 2024
Israel has blamed civilian deaths in Gaza on Hamas, saying the group endangers noncombatants by using schools and residential neighborhoods as bases for operations.
—CBS News, 10 Aug. 2024
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Samantha Riedel, Them, 16 Oct. 2024
The room is not just for veterans, but for noncombatants, too, caught up in the tragedy of war.
—Anna Mulrine Grobe, The Christian Science Monitor, 27 Sep. 2024
He is accused of shooting dead a noncombatant in a wheat field in Uruzgan province in 2012.
—Rod McGuirk, Los Angeles Times, 12 Sep. 2024
Israel has blamed civilian deaths in Gaza on Hamas, saying the group endangers noncombatants by using schools and residential neighborhoods as bases for operations.
—CBS News, 10 Aug. 2024
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“Noncombatant.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/noncombatant. Accessed 21 Dec. 2024.
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