Sentences with phrase «army units in»

But he also commanded two Army units in Vietnam and was the deputy commander of the joint task force in charge of U.S. forces who helped rescue students in Grenada.

A quick search of Wikipedia reveals several uses of black flags, but the most interesting is: «The Black Flag was flown by certain irregular Confederate Army units in the American Civil War of 1861 - 1865 to symbolize that they would neither give, nor accept quarter; symbolizing the opposite of the white flag of surrender.»

Conde joined the Army in 2015 in Loveland, Colo., and was assigned to Army units in Alaska after going through basic training.

After completing his secondment with Australian army units in Perth and Sydney, he will undertake an official tour of New Zealand from May 9 to 16.

A series of exercises on Joint Base Elmendorf - Richardson has drawn participants from an Army unit in Fairbanks, as gunners in the unit's high - speed personnel carriers train with their weapons.

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Not exact matches

They're not in tech units, but the army is so tech - oriented and they're learning managerial stuff.

A couple weeks later, for Orthodox Christmas (which falls in early January), Austro - Hungarian gunners returned the favor, shelling enemy positions «to disturb their Christmas as they disturbed ours,» as one unit diary of the Austro - Hungarian 3rd Army noted.

Since that shift, there's been a significant spike in both civilian casualties and insider attacks; on Oct. 19, the increasingly - emboldened Taliban virtually wiped out a 60 - man Afghan National Army unit like it was nothing.

The founders of the Zetas were defectors from the Mexican Army's Airborne Special Forces Group (Grupo Aeromóvil de Fuerzas Especiales - GAFES), a US - trained unit considered one of the most elite in the region.

The troops would likely come from the 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit — currently on its way to the region — and the Army's 82nd Airborne Division, which recently made its way to Kuwait, according to a report in The Washington Post by TM Gibbons - Neff.

That unit topped the roughly 34,000 rounds fired in support of the invasion of Iraq, and it fired a little over half of the more than 60,000 rounds fired by the over 730 howitzers the Army and Marines used to support Operation Desert Storm, according to historical records seen by Marine Corps Times.

A major area hospital is working in one unit as it ramps up a fundraising drive, cramming it with an army of envelope stuffers.

The following slides are from a firefight with a U.S. Army unit at Combat Outpost Charkh in Afghanistan, and some infrared shots at an indoor range.

«Magnum, P.I.» actor Tom Selleck served in the California Army National Guard, and his unit was activated for the Watts riots in Los Angeles in 1965.

Known as the Goldstars, their Tonka's tail fin was painted with the Gold Star of India, in recognition of them being the first operational military unit in Indian skies supporting the army in dealing with tribal unrest, hence their motto «First in Indian Skies.»

Jamie Gray, wife of U.S. Army Marksmanship Unit shooter Staff Sgt. Hank Gray, bites her Olympic gold medal after winning the women's 50 - meter rifle 3 - positions event, Aug. 4, 2012, at the Royal Artillery Barracks range in London.

HAWESVILLE, Ky. — When Bill Hughes went to fight in Iraq in 2003, members of his Army unit lined their vehicles with scrap metal, sandbags and bulletproof vests to protect themselves from roadside bombs.

Israeli children as a matter of policy remain with the same classmates from kindergarten through high school, and go into the army together and usually remain there together in the same unit (some experts ascribe the disproportionate military effectiveness of Israel's army to this practice).

One of my favorite stories was her best friend (and friend of her husbands) in the army overseas in the Gulf war... Every time the left the armored personal carrier they would routinely have one person of each religion to a quick (and private) prayer for everyone... and even asked the pagan / wiccian of the unit to «work your magic»

Can anyone still make believe that both special operations and regular army units from Russia are not fighting in Ukraine today?

UFood was awarded a contract by the Army and Air Force Exchange Service (AAFES) to build and operate three new UFood Grill units on the base in Aberdeen.

As a member of a top - priority Army reserve unit, he was obliged to attend regular meetings in Pasadena, Texas, which prevented him from becoming part of the starting rotation.

A few things that worked in my favor to get me and other females in the unit support were: I am a Staff Sergeant and Platoon Sergeant and could advocate for my subordinates, I became a certified lactation educator counselor (CLEC), and the Army later published the Army Directive 2015 - 43, the Revised Breastfeeding and Lactation Support Policy.

About 25 % of North Korea's population is in either an active duty role or a reserve / paramilitary role in the Korean People's Army, and North Korea has mandatory universal conscription for men and selective conscription for women at age 17, in addition to paramilitary units incorporated into high schools and colleges.

The repression in Midnapore was particularly severe, and included «house - burnings, seizures of property, insults, rapes, beatings, torture and illegal detention, all heaped on the rebels by ordinary police, by Intelligence Branch police forces and by army units stationed in camps all over the district after September 1942.»

In response, army units that have defected are protecting the protestors.

The army is small but reasonably well trained — they have enjoyed the support of the Americans over recent years, and a majority of their senior officers have had training in the USA or alongside US units in West Africa.

George Watts, who served in a segregated unit in World War II, received his honorable discharge from the U.S. Army in 1946.

«The major findings of the Investigation Panel were as follows: There was no collusion on the part of the Nigerian Army and units operating in Taraba State with any bandit (s) as stated by Lieutenant General TY Danjuma (Retired).

Tukur Buratai at a pre NADCEL press briefing, the rotation in ongoing and five batches have been rotated already with the sixth unit undergoing training at the Army's counter terrorism training school.

Another soldier, Cpl Famoroti Femi, of the 119 Task Force battalion, in his trench at the unit's temporary harbour in Kangarwa, on Thursday July 6, 2016 wrote a short letter to his fellow countrymen, urging them to support President Buhari's drive to end insurgency and to cooperate with the Chief of Army Staff to defeat the insurgents.

Only ten units in the Army can operate these drones.

Now a retired colonel in the Army Reserve, Brown was deployed to Iraq for about 10 months in 2004 and 2005 with a civil affairs unit and ended up as an adviser to the Iraqi ministry of displacement and migration, working in tandem with the Red Crescent and United Nations agencies on refugee and resettlement problems.

Stefanik's district includes Fort Drum near Watertown, where the 10th Mountain Division is the most deployed unit in the Army and thousands of soldiers have served over the last decade in Iraq and Afghanistan.

Sayeret: The Sayeret is a reconnaissance units in the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) with specialization in intelligence gathering and surveillance; others corps we mentioned previously are batallions or an entire army, but the Sayeret works as units, using non-standar weapons and having a specialization at insertion and exit tactics.

«In all the formations, units and Army schools in 82 Division that we visited, one thing appears consistent and recurrent, and that is, the ongoing building and renovation of officers» and soldiers» living accommodatioIn all the formations, units and Army schools in 82 Division that we visited, one thing appears consistent and recurrent, and that is, the ongoing building and renovation of officers» and soldiers» living accommodatioin 82 Division that we visited, one thing appears consistent and recurrent, and that is, the ongoing building and renovation of officers» and soldiers» living accommodation.

On foreign policy, Gibson whose 24 - year Army career included three tours leading combat units in Iraq, has emerged as an advocate for a smaller U.S. military footprint overseas and more limits on presidential authority to deploy combat forces without Congressional approval.

Over 1,600 soldiers with the 2nd Brigade Combat Team will do one of three things in southern Afghanistan: One, protect U.S. forces on bases; two, serve as staff with the Train Advise Assist Command unit; or three advise the Afghan National Army and police.

The source, who spoke to The PUNCH on Thursday, said the 21 girls were discovered by troops of the 21 Brigade of the Nigerian Army, which supervises the military units in Banki, Borno State, while they were filing out of the forest.

Private Smith's devotion to duty and personal courage were in keeping with the highest traditions of the military service and reflect great credit upon himself, his unit, and the United States Army.»

Giving details of the new division, acting Director, Army Public relations, Col Sani Usman said, the division was recently approved in the Nigerian Army order of battle (ORBAT) that created new formations and units, and other establishments such as 6 division, 8 division, 16 Brigade and some battalions.

Instead, Keller took advantage of a mid-1960s program to produce better - educated cops by paying tuition costs in exchange for a commitment to work in law enforcement (Keller would fulfill his desire for military service a decade later when he enlisted in the Army Reserve and spent the next 20 years serving part - time with an elite Special Forces unit on training missions in Europe and Latin America).

What's undisputed is that Fort Drum's 10th Mountain Division - one of the most deployed units in the Armed Forces - is already in the process of reducing its force, and will likely have some level of additional cutbacks in the next round of Army budget cuts.

The year 2016 study period and media workshop which is part of the training schedule of the Nigerian Army promises to be more interesting and beneficial as we have some Commanding Officers of units located in the North East and other parts of the country as participants.

It controls Army aviation units in New York and supplied 10 of its 20 Blackhawk helicopters to the Kuwait mission.

Meanwhile, Gov. Andrew Cuomo is sending units of the New York Army and Air National Guard to assist in the response to the storm.

Iliyasu made this known in a statement in Port Harcourt on Wednesday that Yusuf would command army formations and units...

The Army is setting up six of these units, which are charged with advising and assisting partner nations in the development of their security forces.

Brig. Gen. Malcolm Frost, the Army's chief of public affairs, told those at the June summit in Washington that a decision on what units to eliminate or cut will likely be announced in July.