31.   Helicopters filled with U.S. Marines in full combat gear took off from a base in southern Afghanistan on Monday.

32.   Helicopters thudded overhead, armored personnel carriers blocked off roads and open-backed trucks ferried soldiers in full combat gear down into the dry wadis.

33.   His routine drew constant laughter from the crowd in a downtown concert hall ringed by security barriers and patrolled by troops in combat gear and armed with automatic rifles.

34.   In a city that has been the scene of recent bomb attacks, the officials were escorted by a truckload of Colombian troops in full combat gear.

35.   In a city that has been the scene of recent bomb attacks, the Americans were escorted by a truckload of Colombian troops in full combat gear.

36.   In Beirut, soldiers in full combat gear and baton-wielding riot policemen roughed up labor union supporters shouting anti-government slogans.

37.   Later, troops in combat gear and carrying automatic rifles patrolled several towns.

38.   Maher stepped out of a white van, a half-dozen Israeli soldiers in combat gear around him, then headed into the damaged building.

39.   Marines in full combat gear were dispatched in convoys and helicopters from the Kandahar base late Monday.

40.   Minutes after the radio address, troops in full combat gear guarded state-run TV and radio stations.