Sentences with phrase «u.s. special forces»

Quantum says it drivetrain, which serves as the heart of Fisker Automotive, was the result of multiple military projects to develop silent and heat signature - free vehicles for U.S. Special Forces.

Participants included hundreds of members of the S.C. State Guard, S.C. National Guard, U.S. Marine Corps, U.S. Army, U.S. Air Force, U.S. Special Forces, Citadel Cadet Corps, first responders, and many more at this fun and challenging outdoor event.

The protagonist of Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater, Naked Snake (known as Big Boss in subsequent games) is a former U.S. Special Forces and CIA operative.

The game takes place during the early stages of the U.S. Special Forces invasion of Afghanistan.

U.S. special forces are fighting al - Qaida in the Arabian Peninsula.

I like David Morse's one scene as a twitchy, traumatized CIA agent who knows something about the origin of the disease, and James Badge Dale as a U.S. Special Forces captain whose gung - ho competence is no match for the zombie hordes, and Daniella Kertesz as Segan, an Israeli soldier whose indefatigable spirit helps the hero save the day even after she's suffered unimaginable trauma.

12 Strong is about a U.S. Special Forces team, lead by Chris «character Mitch Nelson, chosen to be the first U.S. troops sent into Afghanistan for an extremely dangerous mission.

The story of heroism is based on true events that unfolded a world away in the harrowing aftermath of 9/11 when a U.S. Special Forces team, led by their new Captain, Mitch Nelson (Chris Hemsworth), is chosen to be the first U.S. troops sent into Afghanistan for an extremely dangerous mission.

Following 9/11, Chris Hemsworth leads a team of U.S. Special Forces into Afghanistan where they must learn to fight on horseback.

DVD Review by Kam Williams Headline: DVD Drama Features Don Cheadle as Possible Manchurian Muslim Mole This international thriller revolves around the 007 - like exploits of Samir Horn (Don Cheadle), a U.S. Special Forces Agent serving overseas in a covert, counterespionage operation in Yemen where he's attempting to imbed himself in a cell of Arab religious fanatics.

Armed with M - 4 automatic rifles, swathed in body armor and combat fatigues, the five man U.S. Special Forces Airborne entry team stacks up outside the entrance to the house.

Set in the harrowing days following 9/11 when a U.S. Special Forces team, led by their new Captain, Mitch Nelson (Chris Hemsworth), are chosen to be the first U.S. troops sent into Afghanistan.

The Ant - Man actor has signed on to feature alongside Thor star Chris and Michael Shannon in Horse Soldiers, about a team of U.S. Special Forces secretly sent to hunt down the Taliban in rural Afghanistan in the wake of the 9/11 terror attacks.

It stars Chris Hemsworth and Michael Shannon and is based on Doug Stanton's 2009 bestselling book «Horse Soldiers,» which centers on CIA paramilitary operations officers and U.S. Special Forces sent to fight the Taliban in Afghanistan immediately after the Sept. 11 attacks.

The movie is based Doug Stanton's 2009 bestseller «Horse Soldiers,» which centers on CIA paramilitary operations officers and U.S. Special Forces sent to fight the Taliban in Afghanistan immediately after the Sept. 11 attacks.

12 Strong: Set in the harrowing days following 9/11 when a U.S. Special Forces team, led by their new Captain, Mitch Nelson (Chris Hemsworth), are chosen to be the first U.S. troops sent into Afghanistan.

The film is based on the novel by Doug Stanton about a U.S. Special Forces team sent to a mountainous region of Afghanistan after 9/11.

In the days and months following the Sept. 11 attacks, a small U.S. Special Forces unit led an offensive against the Taliban and Al Qaeda in Afghanistan.

It's hard to shake the feeling that 12 Strong — based on Doug Stanton's 2009 book Horse Soldiers, about U.S. Special Forces troops who traveled to Afghanistan shortly after 9/11 to confront Taliban forces — should add up to more than it does.

This series, about an underground British antiterror team that has joined forces with U.S. Special Forces veteran Damien Scott (Sullivan Stapleton), does succeed in wresting plenty of high - level suspense out of these low - aiming scripts — no small miracle.

1970s and further development of U.S. Special Forces, Post - Vietnam developments, Delta Force, 1979 - Operation Eagle Claw in Iran (tragedy), Use of SF in Grenada and Panama, Persian Gulf War 1990 - 1991 (set up Rangers / Delta in Somalia 2 years later)

When she is assigned an officer, it is U.S. Special Forces Colonel Thomas Devoe (George Clooney), an intelligent and unpredictable officer who enjoys breaking rules.

The special event was emceed by Steve Caporizzo from Pet Connection and featured John Hargrove, a former SeaWorld Killer Whale trainer featured in the acclaimed documentary «Blackfish,» Yakkul, a dog from Afghanistan, that was adopted by a U.S. Special Forces officer from Valatie, and Nimee, a disabled dog that uses a wheelchair to get around.

Tedisco & Ball Join John Hargrove, Former SeaWorld Killer Whale Trainer Featured in «Blackfish», Yakkul a Dog Rescued by U.S. Special Forces in Afghanistan, and Nimee, a Disabled Pooch that uses a Wheelchair, for 4th Annual NYS Animal Advocacy Day

While the spontaneous street celebrations that broke out in American cities like New York and Washington over the news of bin Laden's killing by U.S. Special Forces have not been repeated in the Muslim world, there has been praise for his death from some Muslim political leaders.

Pope John Paul II, who died in April 2005, was beatified in Rome on Sunday, hours before Obama announced that bin Laden had been killed in Pakistan by U.S. Special Forces.

The tailors collaborated with an American military contractor to get their hands on the same technology used by the U.S. Special Forces in Iraq.

Relations between Pakistan and the United States have endured strain during the 16 - year war in Afghanistan, especially after Osama bin Laden was killed by U.S. special forces inside Pakistan in 2011.

Not exact matches

For example, drone strikes are similar to Special Forces in their direct targeting ability in remote locations, but are less likely to create domestic opposition to the use of force because they don't put U.S. lives directly at risk.

U.S. Special Operations forces have been providing air support, training and supplies for the Syrian Kurdish group, the People's Protection Units, known as the «YPG» from its Kurdish initials.

Capt. Kathleen Atanasoff, a spokeswoman for AFCENT, cautioned that the numbers released by the command — which includes assets and actions under the Combined Forces Air Component Commander, or CFACC — don't reflect the «entirety of kinetic activity in OIR,» such as assets belonging to coalition partners or other U.S. components, like the Combined Joint Land Component Commander and Special Operations Joint Task Force.

It's almost certain that many elements of an African expeditionary force deployed to take back the north will have already received training from U.S. special operations forces.

U.S. soldiers from 10th Special Forces Group (Airborne) later investigated a July 4 ambush that turned into a debacle for Mali.

To understand why leaders put on these superficial shields and how to breakthrough them, I recently sat down with Gen. Stanley McChrystal, former commander of U.S. and international forces in Afghanistan and of the Joint Special Operations Command.

Example: In September 1969, Melvin Morris was a special forces sergeant serving in Vietnam, and he led a mission across enemy lines to rescue a fellow U.S. soldier.

It is now known that 110 CIA officers supported by U.S. Special Operations Forces were the actors responsible for toppling the Taliban, reports Logan.

The Fort Lauderdale Air Show returned to the skies above Fort Lauderdale May 6 - 7, with appearances by the U.S. Air Force F - 16 Viper, a Navy F / A -18 Super Hornet, the U.S. Special Operations Command Parachute Team, a British Aerospace Sea Harrier and a single - engine V / STOL fighter designed for the British Royal Navy.

Moon Chung In, the president's special adviser, said in a contributed article to U.S. magazine Foreign Affairs dated Monday, «What will happen to U.S. forces in South Korea if a peace treaty is signed?

U.S. Cong., Senate, Committee on Labor and Public Welfare, Subcommittee on Employment, Manpower, and Poverty, Work in America, report of a special task force to the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare, 93rd Cong., lst sess.

Special Operations Forces (SOF) have been created or improved in order to lead military strikes throughout the third world, and thousands of U.S. troops have trained for a massive invasion of Central America.

And the U.S. — which authorized military forces to help in the hunt after the «Kony 2012» video went viral in 2011 — announced that they will soon withdraw 150 special forces from the region.

This oft - repeated mistake is presumably based on the necessary but incomplete help provided by U.S. air support and a few special forces advisors attached to Afghan anti-Taliban resistance.

The members who wrote the article are: Retired Army Gen. James J. Lindsay, the first commander of U.S. Special Operations Command; Retired Adm. Jerome Johnson, vice chief of naval operations; Retired Lt. Gen. E.G. «Buck» Shuler Jr., commander of the Strategic Air Command's 8th Air Force; and Retired Gen. Joseph J. Went, an assistant commandant of the Marine Corps.

James Prior to this program, James served in the U.S. Navy as a Boatswain Mate Third Class Surface Warfare Specialist serving at Expeditionary Strike Group Seven, Seal Delivery Vehicle Team Two, Commander Submarine Force Group, Special Operations Command Central and on the USS Paul Hamilton DDG 60.

With no place to turn, these gentlemen were happy to be told by Colonel Ralph Stevenson, Chief of Special Services of the U.S. Air Force, that the Air Force would be glad to send along a team of all - stars.

Gordon is an attorney in the public corrections and special prosecutions unit for the U.S. Attorney's Office in Boston, Main is a physical therapist and fellow rookie Emerald Peoples is a first lieutenant at Hanscom Air Force Base.

31 Youth Sports and Fitness Directors and staff members from U.S. Air Force Bases worldwide update their Certified Youth Sports Administrator credential during special training in San Antonio, Texas.

1st Lt. Todd Ryan Wahl, 26, U.S. Air Force, stationed in Korea, suddenly, dearly beloved son of Beverly and Ian Wahl; loving brother of Aaron and Pamela Wahl; devoted grandson of Dorothy (the late Morton) Posner and the late Phyllis and Abe Wahl; dear nephew and cousin; special friend to many.

The task force also is looking at a possible Constitutional amendment to reverse the Citizens United decision by the U.S. Supreme Court that opened the door to unlimited campaign spending by special - interest groups.

Because of such concerns the U.S. Department of Energy has convened a special task force to improve the safety and environmental impacts of such fracking for natural gas, including how best to dispose of the voluminous wastewater as well as ensuring proper sealing of wells to prevent such groundwater contamination.