military covenant

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noun

the supposed understanding that members of the armed forces and their families will be supported by the state in the event of injury or death in the course of duty

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Words nearby military covenant

militarize, military, military academy, military attaché, military brush, military covenant, military engineering, military government, military governor, military honours, military-industrial complex

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How to use military covenant in a sentence

Breaking the will of ISIS, the military argues, is not a statistic.
Pentagon Doesn’t Know How Many People It’s Killed in the ISIS War|Nancy A. Youssef|January 7, 2015|DAILY BEAST
The American military may have launched hundreds of airstrikes on Iraq and Syria.
Pentagon Doesn’t Know How Many People It’s Killed in the ISIS War|Nancy A. Youssef|January 7, 2015|DAILY BEAST
The U.S. military has said it is too early to make any conclusions, other than the war is on course.
Pentagon Doesn’t Know How Many People It’s Killed in the ISIS War|Nancy A. Youssef|January 7, 2015|DAILY BEAST
Where the U.S. once depended on its own forces to determine who was military material, this time the Iraqis will decide.
Pentagon Insider on New Plan to Fight ISIS: ‘Of Course It’s Not Enough’|Nancy A. Youssef|January 6, 2015|DAILY BEAST

The Amazon biography for an author named Papa Faal mentions both Gambia and lists a military record that matches the FBI report.
The Shadowy U.S. Veteran Who Tried to Overthrow a Country|Jacob Siegel|January 6, 2015|DAILY BEAST
He began his military career at the age of 11, and continued in the service nearly 60 years.
The Every Day Book of History and Chronology|Joel Munsell
The scene is the covenant made between the two first persons of the Trinity on Mount Moriah.
Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 60, No. 372, October 1846|Various
One, a man of distinguished looks and military bearing, was a little in advance of the other two.
The Courier of the Ozarks|Byron A. Dunn
Two years later this promising recruit, having fallen foul of the military authorities, had to leave the service under a cloud.
Napoleon's Marshals|R. P. Dunn-Pattison
Let me illustrate: Last week, month, or year you saw a military procession pass along the streets.
Assimilative Memory|Marcus Dwight Larrowe (AKA Prof. A. Loisette)