Marine Corps is often assigned on non-combat missions such as providing humanitarian assistance and disaster relief operations.
Cleland lost three limbs in an accident during a routine non-combat mission where he was about to drink beer with friends.
He picked up an American grenade on a routine non-combat mission and the grenade exploded.
In 1991, the Corps was stationed in Bangladesh, where they completed its non-combat mission after the country was hit with a cyclone.
In this non-combat mission, the casualties stood with twenty one personnel, including two navy fighter pilots, eleven sailors and ten senior officers died in the incident.
Deployed to North Field, Tinian in late May 1945, flying non-combat missions practicing atomic bomb delivery techniques.
In the letter, Cochran suggested that women pilots be employed to fly non-combat missions for the new command.
Regarded by many pilots as too slow, short ranged and poorly armed, the remaining A-24s were relegated to non-combat missions.
For this reason, the Marine Corps is often assigned to non-combat missions such as the evacuation of Americans from unstable countries and providing humanitarian relief during natural disasters.
Spearhead is planned for non-combat missions, such as transportation of troops or equipment.