No one doubts that civilian space programs have military spinoffs, or that military programs can aid civilians by expanding the technological frontier.

For example, Army troops used German military telephone wire and medical supplies to aid civilians in France during World War II.

He'd been prepared for a peaceful mission to aid civilians, not a fast getaway from government forces.

The officials insisted that the United States would not abandon its commitment to aid Kurdish civilians in the future.

It was founded in 1938 by Stella Isaacs, Marchioness of Reading as a British women's organization to aid civilians.

The Blood for Britain project was a project to aid British soldiers and civilians by giving US blood to Great Britain.

A Council sanctions committee is to consider technical procedures for carrying out a 1995 resolution that allows restricted oil sales to aid Iraqi civilians.

"I thought soldiers were expected to aid civilians in times of emergency."

Why, critics like the former Prime Minister of Britain, Margaret Thatcher, have asked, is there such reluctance to consider using military force to aid innocent civilians in Bosnia?

Israeli aircraft destroyed four bridges on the main coastal highway north of Beirut, disrupting efforts to aid civilians displaced or trapped by the conflict.