Sentences with phrase «as military man»

This fresh take on the Dead Island story shows Ryder White both as a military man and a loving husband.

Damon is joined in the supporting - actor category by Woody Harrelson as a military man delivering bad news to next of kin in «The Messenger,» Christopher Plummer as aging author Tolstoy in «The Last Station,» Stanley Tucci as a serial killer in «The Lovely Bones» and Christoph Waltz as a gleefully savage Nazi in «Inglourious Basterds.»

Annabelle Wallis co-stars as a scientist alongside Sofia Boutella as the titular monster, and Jake Johnson as a military man.

Tom Cruise plays, initially, against type as a military man — in charge of media relations -LRB-!)

Shannon followed it up with a memorable contribution to Oliver Stone's World Trade Center — as a military man desperate to help in any way possible during the 9/11 tragedy — and Sidney Lumet's Before the Devil Knows You're Dead (2007), a crime thriller about two brothers who team up to rob a jewelry store.

The former President indicated that, it was unfair for Capt. Mahama to have been murdered in a humiliating manner, especially when as a military man he had sacrificed «a lot to defend us [Ghanaians].»

Personally, with the experience I have as a military man and during the civil war, using local intelligence, using local authorities from ward, to local government, to the state can improve our intelligence collection,» Buhari noted.

President Mahama said he and his appointees are committed to following the footsteps of the founders of the NDC, including former President John Rawlings, who became the democratically - elected president for two four - year terms after ruling for eleven years as a military man, as well as the late Professor John Evans Atta Mills, who died after succeeding former President John Kufuor.

Although the UAE's Prime Minister stated in an interview with the BBC that he «hopes (El Sissi) remains in the military, and that another person [runs] for the presidency», a clarification was soon issued by the official news agency saying that the «brotherly advice is that General al - Sissi should not run as a military man for the post of the presidency».

Class News» Parker Wilson reported that 11 men, who posed as military men, invaded the NPP's office at dawn and caused mayhem.

As military men often lament, all plans fall apart when battle is joined.

As military men are away from home a lot it's no use dating someone who has a problem with travelling or someone that is not the kind to get up and uproot on a regular basis.

In the work on paper, black figures slide down stripper poles and hold their hands up, as military men aim rifles at their bodies.

Not exact matches

The stockpiling began in the 1990s, as Congress implemented the military - transfer program to equip police with automatic weapons and armored trucks to better protect themselves against drug gangs and neutralize armed assailants like the two men who carried out the Columbine High School massacre.

Though the two men were eventually decorated for their roles in Iraq, their actions, in a rigid hierarchy like the U.S. military, amounted to insubordination — and they were told as much even while the medals were being pinned to their chests.

Their activities vary greatly, ranging from manning entry gates of military bases and embassies (classified as «static» work) to shuttling clients about in armoured vehicles (known as «mobile»).

People of peace, we use our military power sparingly; but when we do so we do so with full conviction, gathering our forces as men and women who believe that the freedoms we enjoy can not be taken from us.

His emphasis on hard power and intelligence - gathering as the primary means of pursuing Canada's interests is now echoed by the current administration in Washington, which has gutted the State Department, allocated record amounts of funding to the military and appointed military - minded men in key foreign policy positions.

«When it comes to the men and women of the military, there's a whole variety of reasons as to why they become homeless,» said Peter Stoffer, a former New Democrat MP and long - time veterans» advocate.

«As we honor our brave military men and women this coming Veterans Day, we should continue to extend special opportunities to transition to civilian life after their service is done,» said Mike Bidwell, CEO and President of The Dwyer Group and a U.S. military veteran.

Certainly not much is said about defending the land from God's enemies as the Hebrews, for all their military might in killing women and children, always seem to get their asses handed to them when a professional army of men invades.

Had Brown not been cut down, he may have grown into a more life affirming position; perhaps as an internationally renowned neurosurgeon, a nationally syndicated newscaster, a White House cabinet member, a military general, a preacher of the Gospel, or perhaps as a simple and ordinary man who loves his wife and leads his family well, like so many who sit in our congregations every Sunday.

But he was also a man of integrity, and as his eyes were gradually opened to what was going on around him — particularly the exploitation and repression of the poor at the hands of the oligarchy, the government and the military — he could no longer keep silent.

He paints virtually all of our career military men, all of our strategy - makers, and even all of our defense - workers — you that build the death planes — , as villains.

This young man was NOT drafted into the military, he elected to join and as such he lost his rights to decide what he was to do and where he was to do it.

The importance of the power problem for Christian ethics derives both from the fact that power, whether economic, political, military, or spiritual, means capacity to determine life for good or ill, and from the fact that some fundamental redistribution of power is necessary as a condition of the freedom and dignity of men in their social relations.

It could be seen as a desire to corrupt the men and women in the military and sow the seeds of treason.

i could give a rats ass about religion... obama has proven to be anti american as well as the largest national security threat to our great country and the brave american men and women who serve in the military providing all of us freedom.

If homosexuals were allowed to serve in the military and occupy the same quarters, how does a commanding officer respond to the charge that, by allowing homosexuals to room together, he is discriminating against heterosexuals if he denies them as unmarried men and women the similar right of sharing the same quarters?

i have nothing against that; being disabled now due to my military service, i can no longer work on farms as i did when i was a child / young man... but i do miss the sweat on my brow and the knowledge that i had earned my pay with my own two hands.

From what I've seen, women in the military tend to not compromise their values as much as men do.

The solution, as Faludi seems to realize, is certainly not a return to the doctrine of separate spheres, with women relegated to economically dependent domesticity while men bond with each other in male - defined manufacturing jobs and noble military and athletic pursuits.

«And as the nation's No. 1 military sandwich provider, Pierre Foods is dedicated to providing high quality, nutritious products to men and women in the U.S. Armed Forces worldwide.»

With the management teams many years of food service experience in areas such as global emergency response, remote oil and gas, and their roots in full - service dining, Geaux is focused on bringing quality food, nutrition and service to the men and women of the military and their families.

As command base for the Military Air Transport Service, Andrews has the authority to request transfer to it of any man in the Air Force so long as two conditions are met: there must be a job open for him and the man must indicate that he wants to transfeAs command base for the Military Air Transport Service, Andrews has the authority to request transfer to it of any man in the Air Force so long as two conditions are met: there must be a job open for him and the man must indicate that he wants to transfeas two conditions are met: there must be a job open for him and the man must indicate that he wants to transfer.

Sitting on the sofa, I show him a few items: newspaper and magazine pieces about the Liston fights; Ali's conversion to Islam; the arrest for refusing military induction; the epic first battle with Frazier; the Supreme Court overturning the draft conviction; Foreman being voodooed by Ali; the Thrilla in Manila; the boxing lesson he gave Spinks in their second contest; a recent article about Ali buying buses for Chicago - area public schools (immediately after seeing a TV news story about how Dade County had no money for new buses, Ali sat down, wrote a check and mailed it, not using the gift as a tax deduction); and one about helping a young man wearing a hooded dark sweatshirt and jeans who crawled out on a high window ledge of a Wilshire Boulevard skyscraper in Los Angeles to kill himself.

Floyd played hundreds of rounds on the Enlisted Men's Course at Fort Bragg as a kid, often with soldiers, went to a military boarding school for two years in high school and served in the Army reserves.

As you know, many romances, marriages and children have «sprung» from Operation Dear Abby, which supports our men and women in the military stationed worldwide.

Stressful public events — such as military action, acts of terrorism, shootings, abductions, airplane crashes, fires, natural or man - made disasters — can be hard for children and teens to cope with and understand.

Wellington and Nelson were great military leaders and even Churchill was respected as the man for the particular crisis of the 2nd World War.

«Isn't it now necessary for the President to fulfill his promise of leading from the front and getting his Information Minister, Lai Mohammed to go and hold a press briefing in Sambisa forest unguarded by military men so as to show to Nigerians that indeed, they have defeated Boko Haram technically?»

He has now written Dragons 10 Entrepreneurs Who Built Britain (Head of Zeus # 30) in which he argues that Britain's rise to global dominance owed as much to the energy and creativity and ruthlessness of traders, industrialists and bankers, as it did to ministers, diplomats or military men.

The question arises because Crimean Peninsula is currently being occupied by thousands of well - armed men in uniforms that has no insignia who threaten to storm military installations and already occupied a few, as well as blocked many routes, etc..

Mubarak was persuaded to step down on promises of fair treatment — gently pushed to leave power by military men who he considered to be friends as well as colleagues.

The military, though allegedly suffered casualties as two of its men were killed in the operation, several hostages including men, women, children were rescued by the soldiers in the raid.

Every man, woman and child should remain indoors because Nigerian security operatives have planted military - grade explosives at key locations in Anambra State to kill and maim as many people as possible.

«As you are all aware, discipline is the bedrock of the military profession and to have a disciplined body of officers and men, there must be justice because it is when there is justice that discipline can be achieved.

Elsewhere in London the man described as «the pre-eminent practitioner of the military arts in the world today», Gen Petraeus of US central command, packed Westminster's Central Hall to deliver his bleak assessment.

«The man who claimed to be a military personnel was not in uniform as at the time of the unfortunate incident but he insisted on parking in front of the building on the ground that he was a military personnel.

The cause of the inferno was not known as the entrances into the street were blocked and guarded by heavily armed military men.