11.   In this soulless town of ugly government buildings and small shops, U.S. troops patrol in full combat gear, with helmets, flak jackets and assault rifles.

12.   Israeli soldiers in the red berets of the Paratroop Regiment staffed checkpoints, while others in helmets and full combat gear were on patrol.

13.   Momentarily irked, I grumbled something to a soldier, in black combat gear and heavily armed, who was handling the fence.

14.   Police in combat gear arrived in an armored vehicle and stormed the wing of the palace seized by the attackers, government officials said.

15.   Soldiers in full combat gear are everywhere.

16.   Soldiers in full combat gear patrol the villages, and there are checkpoints and barriers that force vehicles to slow down to maneuver around them.

17.   Soldiers in full combat gear guarded nearly every intersection in Jerusalem.

18.   Squads of American and South Korean soldiers in full combat gear, sometimes carrying automatic rifles with fixed bayonets, jog along village streets.

19.   Squinting in the harsh sunlight, commandos in full combat gear kicked their way through trash and stepped over human waste littering the airport.

20.   The troops, wearing combat gear along with surgical gloves and masks, also traveled the road picking up bodies.