Sentences with phrase «soldiers at attention»
In the same way that a soldier at attention must make subtle muscular adjustments to stay balanced, a standing iBot always dithers to and fro as a rider shifts his or her weight.
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Washington (CNN)- Fort Jackson officials said Friday that an atheist soldier was asked to lower their head during a prayer portion of a graduation ceremony rehearsal, but then decided it was ok for the soldier to stand at Attention.
Had the commanding officer simply said, «fine, stand at attention,» we would not be hearing about this, but those in the chain of command above this soldier decided to make this a big deal.
Upon refusing again, the platoon sergeant contacted the company commander who then told the soldier that there was no requirement to pray or bow ones head, but was required to remain at «attention», Jones stated.
Requiring the soldier to stand at attention, but not necessarily pray or appear to be praying, is the right call.
Standing at attention prevents this private from waving & other movements.It also stops the soldier from making faces or grimaces.
Kudos to the instructors for making sure this soldier can not act openly contemptuous by requiring this person to stand at attention.
I suspect that none of this would have made the news if the soldier's commanding officers had simply agreed to let this individual stand at attention in lieu of bowing his / her head, instead of threatening exclusion from a well - deserved acknowledgment of achievement.
This soldier will stand at attention during the religious segment that was forced into a secular program.
Yeah, it looks like that soldier is going to be standing at attention for acting stupid, with the annoyed instructors watching for lapses in military bearing.
On that December day, 1783, long lines of soldiers stood at rigid attention, the winter sunlight glittering on polished buttons and cold steel.
In a chat with a national newspaper, Kanu recalled he was resting when one of his relatives drew his attention to heavy presence of soldiers at the main entrance to his family home.
The most striking structures on the slide were the thousands upon thousands of rod - shaped bacteria forming a lengthy rank along the surface of the mucosa, palisaded like an irregular picket line of soldiers standing at attention.
In the same way that someone in the military first notices whether another soldier is wearing the same uniform before looking at the insignia that mark that soldier's rank, the ants operate in a highly hierarchical system and must pay attention to the context as well as the details of an individual's status.