Sentences with phrase «british military forces»

The blaster rifles in the original Star Wars trilogy are based heavily on the design of the Sterling sub-machine gun that was used by British military forces until 1994.

«The Falklands also provides a unique training ground for British military forces, and the Falklands government contributes around three per cent of its GDP towards defence costs.

Despite maintaining limited British military forces in Iraq and Afghanistan the conflicts that lasted a decade are almost forgotten history.

A detail of a cannon from the HMS Victory serves as the subject of the central panel, separating the two examples of British military force.

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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.

The 2nd Amendment guaranteed individual citizens the rights to own arms JUST AS GOOD as those of the regular soldiers they might have to oppose in an armed rebellion — the very sort of armed rebellion that the writers of the 2nd Amendment had recently successfully engaged in, defeating the most powerful military force on the planet using their own guns, which were JUST AS GOOD as what the British regulars and their Hessian mercenaries had.

Major General Andrew Jackson defeated overwhelming British forces in 1815 in Americas first military victory.

Both these books should be read by British politicians and civilian policy makers, because they demonstrate that conflicts like Iraq and Afghanistan require more than just adequate military force.

British special forces have been operating on the ground in Iraq for six weeks, it has emerged, as David Cameron retreats from a larger military involvement.

The Churchill Medal reflects achievement in engineering and technical advancement in support of military operations for those serving within the British Armed Forces.

Responding, Nigeria's defence minister Muhammadu Dan - Ali commended the British government for its long history of military assistance to the Nigerian armed forces, but added that Nigeria requires more.

British troops will begin officially withdrawing from Iraq today, when military command in the south of the country is passed onto US forces.

The UK military presence in Iraq is due to be cut down from 5,500 in autumn 2000 to 2,500 this spring, with Gordon Brown insisting British forces have made a real difference on the ground to hand over power to Iraqi authorities.

In November 2007, several former Chiefs of Defence — including General Lord Guthrie, Admiral Lord Boyce, Marshal of the Royal Air Force Lord Craig, Field Marshal Lord Bramall and Field Marshal Lord Inge — criticised Brown for departing from the military covenant — a convention within British politics stating that in exchange for risking their lives for the sake of national security, members of the armed forces should be suitably looked after by the government.

And there is hope for an end to British involvement in the catastrophic series of military interventions that have destabilised the world and brought nothing but misery, pain and rage to the populations on whom bombs have fallen, places where special forces been given free rein to use their dark arts.

As senior military chiefs call on Downing Street to review security for trips to Afghanistan after the Taliban attempted to bring down David Cameron's helicopter, former Commander of the British Forces in Afghanistan Colonel Richard Kemp tells Channel 4 News the key is to be «unpredictable».

The debate took place after the Speaker, John Bercow, allowed a Labour motion saying MPs had «considered parliament's rights in relation to the approval of military action by British forces overseas».

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Cage's Colonel Jessup is Gen. Brigham (Brendan Gleeson), British leader of the United Defense Force, the international military effort to thwart the extraterrestrials.

The plot, such as it is, revolves around our beloved crew of gear - heads getting back together to help law enforcement agents Luke Hobbs (Dwayne «The Rock» Johnson) and Riley (Gina Carano) catch Shaw (Luke Evans), a former British special forces soldier who is stealing military equipment to build a weapon that he can sell for billions of dollars to someone.

At many a turn, other forces within the political - military structure — both British and American — overrule Winston, turning him into a wounded lion who rages at his wife Clemmie (Miranda Richardson, «Testament of Youth») and secretary Helen (Ella Purnell, «Wildlike»).

Over time, World War II movies have offered the public ways to remember the halcyon days of American and British moral and military might — when the good guys were always good and the bad guys were always bad — but they have also forced viewers to recognize the tremendous human loss of war.

The British also knew they were running out of resources to face off against Nazi military forces.

Did You Know: West Haven served as an important military outpost for both Colonial and British forces during the Revolutionary War.

The British are still maintaining a military presence in Belize, but are working with the Belizean Defense Force to help ensure national security.

Inspired by the 1950s novel - turned - film, The Bridge Over the River Kwai, Western travellers began flocking here decades ago to pay respects to the thousands of Australian, British, Dutch and other Allied POWs, and many more Asian labourers, who died while being forced to work on the Thai - Burma military supply railway from 1942 - 45.

Performed by the British Armed Forces, Commonwealth and international military bands, it forms part of the wider Edinburgh Festival.

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- CNN, Report (PDF) Royal United Services Institute — British military think tank founded in 1831 Just a slight rise in sea level would plunge roughly half of that country underwater, forcing perhaps 17 million people to seek refuge in neighboring India But India is constructing a 3,000 - kilometer fence along its border with Bangladesh, and could hardly feed or shelter such a huge influx of people..

Nesbitt was the first female member of the Royal Navy, and the second woman in the British Armed Forces, to be awarded the Military Cross (MC).

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