For non-military friends and family members' headstones, says that a penny means you're paying your respect, a nickel means you went to school together, a dime means you worked together, and a quarter means you were with them when they passed away.

Source: https://ksenam.com/ixp/341/p/coins-headstones-tombstones-gravesites/

Hamas has taken civilian hostages and bombed non-military targets including a music festival.

Source: https://www.thenational.scot/news/23843110.tories-demand-snp-greens-power-sharing-deal-torn-palestine-tweet/?ref=rss

Military funding and traditional non-military development aid come from separate channels but are used like “wheels on both sides of a car," according to Masaki Inaba, co-chair of the Japan Forum and an expert on foreign aid.

Source: https://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory/japan-shows-tough-new-security-moves-philippines-trip-96943054

Some officials say it could be part of Beijing’s “grey zone” tactics, a non-military means of coercion that keeps pressure on the self-ruled island.

Source: https://www.citizen.co.za/news/news-world/chinese-vessels-frustrate-taiwan-fishing-communities/

Supporters of Niger’s junta were forced on Saturday to halt a census of people willing to volunteer for non-military roles in defence against a possible intervention by West African powers, saying they had been overwhelmed by the numbers who turned up.

Source: https://www.vanguardngr.com/2023/08/thousands-of-youths-answer-niger-juntas-call-for-volunteers-ahead-of-ecowas-invasion/