Pentagon Avoids the Word ‘Combat’ After Another American Soldier Dies in Afghanistan steve_watson Posted on January 6, 2016 Posted in Aggregated No Comments Tagged with Featured Stories, Tile, U.S. News Defense officials said two HH-60 Pavehawk medevac helicopters were sent in to provide help, but one was “waved off” after coming under fire. Share this:Share Share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook Share on Reddit (Opens in new window) Reddit Share on X (Opens in new window) X Share on LinkedIn (Opens in new window) LinkedIn Email a link to a friend (Opens in new window) Email