21.  The group took up combat positions for about an hour Sunday before returning to home territory, said the ministry.

22.  The meeting also may include discussion of whether women in the military should serve in combat positions.

23.  The only other areas off limits to women are front-line combat positions in the Army, such as tank and artillery crews.

24.  The United States also excludes women from ground combat positions.

25.  When the U.S. planes arrived, Marines jumped out and deployed into combat position, startling Eritreans working at the airport, which was under a cease-fire.

26.  Women are already permitted to serve in combat positions in the British air force and navy.

27.  But ECOMOG soldiers quickly took combat positions and asked civilians to keep off the streets.

28.  Witnesses said the Greek-Cypriot national guard, for the first during a Green Line demonstration, took up combat positions.

29.  Police briefly dropped to the ground in combat position, but within minutes five Red Cross workers walked out of the compound, smiling and calm.

30.  Police and soldiers scrambled to take up combat positions as two shots followed quickly by a short burst from an automatic weapon shattered the night.