Sentences with phrase «british army has»

The number of Commonwealth soldiers serving in the British Army has risen sharply over the past decade, from around 400 in 2000 to 6,000 in 2007 (source: BBC).

The former head of the British Army has alleged that Gordon Brown had repeatedly refused to answer his calls for extra troops in Afghanistan.

A senior officer in the British army has said he is «bitterly disappointed» in the government's approach to culling the nation's military.

What is clear though is the respect that the British army has shown for the turban in allowing it to be worn without a bearskin.

Compensation claims rising for non-freezing cold injuries as soldiers told to ignore their symptoms and «man up», with ethnic minorities being particularly let down by MoD's negligence.Claims for debilitating cold injuries from servicemen in the British army have risen significantly, research from...

Compensation claims rising for non-freezing cold injuries as soldiers told to ignore their symptoms and «man up», with ethnic minorities being particularly let down by MoD's negligence.Claims for debilitating cold injuries from servicemen in the British army have risen significantly, research from solicitors Bolt Burdon Kemp reveals.

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I ran across a great quote the other day, purportedly from a British Army officer's annual fitness review: «His men would follow him anywhere, but only out of morbid curiosity.»

Resentments of America returned, 50 years after General Eisenhower's (mainly American) armies had liberated western Europe, including most of Germany, 75 years after General Pershing's Expeditionary Forces saved the victory of France and the British Empire on the Western Front, and as soon as American firmness and economic and military power had induced the bloodless collapse of the Soviet empire and Union, and of international communism.

Army Col. Steve Warren, a US military spokesman, said in November that the Army was «reasonably certain» that a drone strike in Syria had killed Emwazi, who spoke in beheading videos with a British accent as he wielded a knife.

Furthermore Sikhs have been prominent (based on the fact that their world population is relatively small) in the Indian army, British Army and now are going onto a second and third generation in the US and Canadian armies as well as all over Eurarmy, British Army and now are going onto a second and third generation in the US and Canadian armies as well as all over EurArmy and now are going onto a second and third generation in the US and Canadian armies as well as all over Europe.

A recent story in the UK revealed how a muslim electoral candidate (who previously had worked in British Army Intelligence) had tried to bribe the racist English Defence League (EDL), offering to pay them to attack the muslim community in which he was a leader.

One of my mother's cousins in the British army returned there on leave, not having been told of the attack, and found a hole where his house had been.

The courage of U.S. Army Chief of Staff George C. Marshall, for example: Marshall insisted for two years that the only way to defeat Hitler and his war machine was to land a large force in France, beat the German army, and wrest control of the continent of Europe from the Nazi regime — a point Marshall had to carry against the virtually unanimous opposition of his British counterparts, who, like Winston Churchill, preferred a «periphery» strategy that would peck away at the Third Reich before a quick, end - game invasion administered the coup de grace to a collapsing German empArmy Chief of Staff George C. Marshall, for example: Marshall insisted for two years that the only way to defeat Hitler and his war machine was to land a large force in France, beat the German army, and wrest control of the continent of Europe from the Nazi regime — a point Marshall had to carry against the virtually unanimous opposition of his British counterparts, who, like Winston Churchill, preferred a «periphery» strategy that would peck away at the Third Reich before a quick, end - game invasion administered the coup de grace to a collapsing German emparmy, and wrest control of the continent of Europe from the Nazi regime — a point Marshall had to carry against the virtually unanimous opposition of his British counterparts, who, like Winston Churchill, preferred a «periphery» strategy that would peck away at the Third Reich before a quick, end - game invasion administered the coup de grace to a collapsing German empire.

As Poles involved in the rising died by the thousands every day, the massive Soviet army sat passively by on the far side of the Vistula, Churchill and the British anguished over their broken promises, and Roosevelt could hardly have cared less.

Patrick's real name is thought to have been Maewyn Succat and he is believed to have been from either Scotland or Wales, son of a Roman - British army official.

Pat Chapman has played a major role in the immense popularity of curries in the U.K.. His grandfather had been in the British Army in India, and moved back to England when he retired.

He has supposedly been on his way out before, as an army of British tabloid editors named Clive (in my head) have linked him with jobs at PSG, Real Madrid, and the English and French national teams.

Martin — I always wanted to serve in the British Army (I am from England) and briefly had the privilege to do so.

The Punjab was a major supplier of troops for the Indian army, and the British had tried to gain support there by investing in a number of infrastructural projects - notably canals.

Other examples of the contribution that Sikhs make to the UK are witnessed in the British Army where many Sikhs have served with distinction.

It's unthinkable, for example, that any British foreign minister would get away with repeating what Joschka Fischer (German foreign minister) said in 1998: «Transforming the European Union into a single state with one army, one constitution and one foreign policy is the critical challenge of the age.»

He said: «They have a leader who will not sing the national anthem, a shadow chancellor who seems to admire the IRA more than he does the British Army, a shadow foreign secretary who sneers at the English flag and a shadow home secretary who seems to advocate unlimited immigration.

Also, this is too fragmentary to be a full answer, but a declaration of war would fall foul of the (English) Bill of Rights, which makes it fairly clear that the British Army exists solely with the consent of Parliament.

This places the Royal Navy alongside the British Army and Royal Air Force in demonstrated drone capability; the latter service has been operating surveillance drones in Afghanistan for years.

David Lloyd George (1863 - 1945)- Prime MinisterReaching the top job during World War One, Lloyd George made sure his moustache fitted British Army regulations: anything too bushy would hinder the seal on gas masks in the trenches.

The British Army nearly «seized up» in 2006 as it faced a «perfect storm» of challenges, its former head has told the Iraq inquiry.

Mr. Gabby Nketia, a politician and a businessman, has worked with both the Ghana Armed Forces and the British Army, and is expected to complement the efforts of Mr. Greenstreet, with his international influence to help enhance the party's chances of winning the elections.

The committee warned the Iraqi army would likely continue to need logistical support from the British army.

British followers of US politics are often guilty of losing their poise as West Wing-itis results in weak knees and blurred vision but Clinton — who arrived at Chatham House with a small army of ear - pieced heavies — has left successive foreign secretaries in David Miliband and William Hague starry - eyed in admiration.

British troops in Basra have successfully completed transferring frontline security duties to the Iraqi army, the prime minister has said.

The September 2003 death of an innocent Iraqi man at the hands of British soldiers is a «very great stain on the reputation of the Army», the inquiry into his death has concluded.

Chief of the General Staff Sir Mike Jackson has said the British army «condemn utterly» any acts of abuse against prisoners in Iraq.

Johnson began with a light - hearted jibe aimed at George Osborne, but quickly moved on to Jeremy Corbyn who he upbraided as a «that Nato bashing, trident scrapping, would - be abolisher of the British army».

«The generals who had given me this very severe wigging then sent another signal, totally ignoring the first one, saying «I had acted in the highest traditions of the British Army and I was to be congratulated».

Political leaders in Britain, Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland have condemned the deadly attack upon a British army barracks blamed on dissident republicans.

The head of the British army, General Sir Richard Dannatt, has admitted that troops serving in Afghanistan are «stretched» but added that operations in the country were going well.

He had previously set up the Gurkha Justice Campaign that saw retired British Army Gurkhas win the right to life in the UK on their retirement from active service.

Tony Blair has given his backing to general Richard Dannatt, the head of the army who called for British troops to leave Iraq «sometime soon».

Personnel shortages in the British army are so pronounced that its reserves are «now almost non-existent», the chief of the general staff has admitted.

The British armed forces are only «just» coping with the demands made on them by politicians, the new head of the army has warned.

Following the Strategic Defence and Security Review 2010 (SDSR) and the Strategic Defence and Security Review 2015 the British Army adopted an evolving structure (known as Army 2020 Refine) that would see the number of Regular personnel set at 82,000 and see an increase in the number of Reservists to 30,000.

The outgoing British High Commissioner to Ghana, Jon Benjamin, has expressed sadness over the lynching of an army officer as he shared words of solace with the bereaved family.

The embarrassment is heightened by the fact that the target was a former British army intelligence officer who had served in Northern Ireland and was in possession of secrets which were deemed so sensitive that they had been suppressed by a court order.

[25] On 21 May, Home Secretary Jacqui Smith announced that all Gurkha veterans who had served four years or more in the British Army before 1997 would be allowed to settle in Britain.

Herzog, whose father served in the British army, said he had been «appalled and outraged» by the recent comments by senior Labour party members, claiming Livingstone was now «beyond hope of redemption».

MacShane had previously written an article for The Guardian in which he played down the expenses scandal, writing, «There will come a moment when moats and manure, bath plugs and tampons will be seen as a wonderful moment of British fiddling, but more on a Dad's Army scale than the real corruption of politics.»

At Britain's Farnborough airshow last week, the Russian helicopter maker Kamov displayed its Ka - 50 Werewolf model for the first time outside the CIS and hinted that it would be offering it to the British Army.

If the Russians have their way, the British Army will soon be equipped with the same type of attack helicopter as the Russian Army.

They've been in combat since the 1990s in most parts of the navy and air force and in 70 per cent of the British army.

The story has it that Colonel Bradford, a British army officer stationed in India, was introduced to them by a group of lamas.