The Bahamas uses a variant of its white ensign, with a blue cross instead of the red Cross of St George found on the military ensign, as a government and'non combatant'ensign, serving a similar purpose to the UK's Blue Ensign.
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In-country training and combat operations commenced immediately, throughout the remainder of 1967 the battalion conducted search and destroy ( since relabeled " sweep and clear ", an important distinction when handling possibly unfriendly local non combatants ) missions outside Carentan and to the west of ?c Ph?, sustaining light casualties and grasping a firm hold on the combat situation.
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The colonial army became the largest employer in the Dutch East Indies and Indo males born into barrack life, also joined the KNIL . From the age of 7 Indo boys were sent to military school and at the age of 18, with the lack of other career opportunities, joined the KNIL . At large Indos chose to join the non combatant units of the colonial army.
