The 12 who carried out their threat were sentenced to a month in military prison and will be removed from their combat unit.

We met at the safe house and were in the same combat unit until three weeks ago.

After all, the embedded reporters are housed, fed and protected by the military, and they are restricted in their reporting by rules set down by combat unit commanders.

In order to receive a higher level combat unit, a lower level unit would have to be promoted at a specific facility.

For operational tasks a battle group will be formed around a combat unit, supported by units or sub-units from other areas.