31. The White House and Pentagon insist that maintaining combat readiness is a top priority. 32. Open homosexuals would paralyze a unit, and degrade unit cohesion and erode combat readiness , 33. Serbia-Montenegro's military on Thursday raised the combat readiness of some units to its highest level. 34. Trained to become proficient and to maintain combat readiness in tactical airlift operations, 1964 1973. 35. Morale among the troops is sinking and combat readiness is on the decline, he proclaims. 36. Analysts say insubordination is a threat to combat readiness . 37. The low level of funding is stifling the combat readiness of our troops and fleet. 38. Rodionov has warned that the military's combat readiness was in jeopardy because of funding cuts. 39. McPeak pushed through major organizational change, aimed at streamlining and emphasizing operations and combat readiness . 40. The report added that Russia's air defenses are continuously at a level of combat readiness .