Suddenly it was as if he were a combat officer again, giving orders that must be followed.

Although he served as a combat officer during the Korean War, his own service is not mentioned in the book.

They had white shoulder boards indicating administrative branch and sat near but not with the combat officers.

Prior to his college education he was a combat officer in WW2.

He would have kept them, as probably being sympathetic to another combat officer.

These were combat officers who preferred truth to propaganda.

With great skill I had managed to find and attack what was probably the only trained combat officer in this army.

In the Astronomical Survey first, but then a combat officer.

On the other hand, a good combat officer always brought out the best in his troops, no matter how raw they were.

What may serve a combat officer well is simply no good in an aide.