Sentences with phrase «at the military base of»

The documentary was shot at the military base of Petawawa as the troops are preparing to be deployed in Afghanistan.

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«This is a great honor and I think a very important state visit given the moment of our current environment,» Macron said Monday after his plane landed at a U.S. military base near Washington.

Until this year, all military members could potentially receive a guaranteed pension of at least 50 percent of their base pay for life.

In 2002, then President Bush sanctioned the establishment of the camp at the Guantanamo Bay Naval Base in order to house prisoners captured during U.S. military operations in the War on Terror.

The current military retirement system provides a generous pension — starting at 50 % of your base pay every year for life if you stay in the service for 20 years, or up to 75 % if you remain for 30 years.

Syrian war monitors say government forces and their allies are on alert and taking precautionary measures at military bases across the country amid fears of a U.S. military attack.

In Seattle, partners working at the Starbucks Support Center (headquarters) box up coffee, snacks and toiletries for members of the 502nd Military Intelligence Battalion deploying to Afghanistan from nearby Joint Base Lewis — McChord.

Joint Base Lewis - McChord's Child and Youth Services hosted its version of March Madness with the JBLM Hoops for Military Kids event April 6 at Parent Central Services» gymnasium.

AND: At least one military base is warning service members against the dangers of wandering into unauthorized areas while chasing Pokemon.

In addition to hosting job fairs at the base, where 12,000 soldiers are stationed, Starbucks conducts regular plant tours for service members, maintains an Adopt a Unit program and supports the annual Fisher House Golf Tournament, which generates funds to aid families of patients receiving care at military and Veterans Administration medical centers.

$ 120 million expansion of Starbucks Augusta Soluble Plant will get underway this summer and ultimately create new jobs at facility that partners with local military base.

The briefing, taught for nearly 20 years by military chaplains at Vandenberg Air Force Base in California, is intended to train Air Force personnel to consider the ethics and morality of launching nuclear weapons - the ultimate doomsday machine.

On the basis of the First Amendment, as well as the general principles of the Constitution, he opposed public payment for chaplains in Congress and the military, spoke out against national proclamations of days of prayer (though as president he did «recommend» them) and while president vetoed congressional efforts to incorporate churches in the District of Columbia (fullest statement, V: 103 - 105) At the same time, Madison frequently opined that it was appropriate for private citizens to support chaplains and various kinds of semiorganized public religion through voluntary contributions (V: 104,105)

In a similar way, military coups that changed power at the top were often incapable of controlling events and people at the base of society.

At Colombia's Larandia military base in Caquetá, our delegation interviewed the commanding officer of an anti-narcotics brigade, who was accompanied by two other officers.

As an example, he cites the bipartisan commission that recommended which military bases should be closed at the end of the cold war.

As part of the process of de-garrisoning the planet and liquidating our empire, we would have to launch an orderly closing - up process for at least 700 of the 737 military bases we maintain (by official Pentagon count) in over 130 foreign countries on every continent except Antarctica.

«In theory, under [the CSPA], the U.S. government is supposed to be able to block military aid that otherwise would have gone to the states on the basis of their child recruitment,» explains Tim Molyneux, the Child Rights Program Manager at Child Soldiers International, an international advocacy group that works to end the use of child soldiers.

Since Sept. 11, according to Pentagon sources, military tent cities have spring up at 13 locations in nine countries neighboring Afghanistan, substantially extending the network of bases in the region.

UFood Restaurant Group Inc. (OTCBB: UFFC) proudly announced today that they have begun construction on their second of three UFood Grill locations at the Aberdeen Proving Ground military base in Maryland.

UFood Restaurant Group Inc. (OTCBB: UFFC) is pleased to announce that when they open their first of three locations at the Aberdeen Proving Ground military base in Maryland, they'll introduce a new healthier way for troops to build value into their.

This year, the White House and Assistant Secretary of Defense for Health Affairs announced initiatives to provide healthier menus to 1,100 dining halls at military bases.

For over three years, Mr. Golden has been a critical member of the UFood Grill Board of Directors and will now turn his focused energies to the brand's franchising growth as well as development into new market channels, like military bases — where UFood, for example, just opened their second location at Aberdeen Proving Ground Military base in Aberdeen, Mmilitary bases — where UFood, for example, just opened their second location at Aberdeen Proving Ground Military base in Aberdeen, MMilitary base in Aberdeen, Maryland.

The venture will launch with the upcoming opening of the first of three UFood Grills at Aberdeen Proving Ground military base in Maryland.

Belshaw, founded in 1923, designs and manufactures donut production equipment for thousands of retail and wholesale operators, including restaurants, concessions, chains, supermarkets, cafes, bakery cafes, military bases and ships at sea, central manufacturing locations, donut packaging plants and more.

In Weeks 1 and 2 of the football season, The Honor Group — based in Loomis and headed by former coach Mark Soto — honored military veterans and first responders with football showcases in Southern California (at Oceanside High) and locally (at Del Oro - Loomis).

In 2002, when my first baby was still breech at 34 weeks, my obstetrician flat - out refused to attempt a vaginal delivery as did every single other doctor at the military base where we lived (I was required to deliver at the base hospital or else pay for the entire cost out - of - pocket, which we could not afford).

«We are so grateful for Mass Audubon's continued support of military families through this fantastic program,» said Blue Star Families Community Outreach Coordinator Andrea Bublitz, a military spouse at Hanscom Air Force Base in Bedford.

We lived in a three - bedroom house just off of the military base in Texas at the time of the pregnancy.

But a dark horse may well come out of the military, which has gained stronger ground in North Korea through Kim Jong - il's «military first» campaign aimed at excluding any possibility of collective leadership based on the Party.

Crew members of a military plane that crashed in Mississippi, killing 16 people on board, were based at Stewart Air National Guard Base in Newburgh.

Those at the award ceremony include the Minister of State for Petroleum, Dr. Ibe Kachikwu, representative of the Executive Governor of Plateau State Dr. Gabriel Longpet, the Chairman, Plateau State Association Charity Committee in the United Kingdom, Dr. Isa Pantami, Director General NITDA and Major General Chris Jemitola, as well as senior military officers Nigerians from various walks of life based in London, intellectuals and media executives.

«Over half of the people who work at the base are from Erie County, said John Cooper, Chairman of the Niagara Military Affairs Council.

Also at 9 a.m., New York Army National Guard Soldiers from Latham's 42nd Infantry Division Headquarters will join Airmen of the 109th Airlift Wing in Scotia to volunteer to help load about 125 Christmas trees being donated and sent to military bases around the country to support troops and military families this holiday season, Ellms Tree Family Farm, 468 Charlton Rd., Ballston Spa.

But at a press conference organized by a political pressure group, Coalition of Democratic Governance (CDG) in Accra yesterday, Mr Motrye, a Ghanaian US based GPS Expert, said, the GPS project was launched by the U.S. Department of Defense in 1973 for use by the United States military originally Navstar GPS.

I've made the case that while they may not be relying on the C - 130s as they have in the past, why can't they be looking at our base, which has had $ 80 million worth of investments in the last six years, as part of the military of the future?

Mark Kirk's claim of national security expertise is «based on his military record which he lied about at least 10 times.»

«Though I must affirm to the general public that the party was founded on the basis of sacrifice and social justice, we also have to keep in mind that times have changed and these changes call for new ways of doing things, a responsibility that should not be tasked with the leadership alone but those at the grass roots as well as to enable us come back strongly in the next general elections in 2020,» opined the former military man.

Some argue that carefully targeted strikes against the regime's military assets — air defences, command and control centres, and bases of Assad's elite Republican Guards — could weaken the regime sufficiently to engage in meaningful talks aimed at a political settlement.

The state also converted its agricultural base from cotton to more profitable crops; attracted large military bases through its powerful Democratic congressional delegation, part of the one - party South following disfranchisement of blacks at the turn of the century; and created tourism industries.

Capital Region lawmakers gathered with representatives of several local military bases at the state capitol in Albany Wednesday morning to spotlight the importance of the facilities to the regional economy.

Following the mass trial of hundreds of suspected Boko Haram extremists before a court at the Kainji military base in central Niger state, the Ministry of...

The rights body accused military operatives of gunning down unarmed civilians before a march to mark the anniversary of the 1967 Biafran declaration of independence, stressing that based on visits to hospitals and mortuaries, at least 17 were killed and nearly 50 injured in Onitsha alone.

Brig. Nunoo Mensah said though America is a powerful country with all resources at its disposal, what Ghana needs is not a military base but peace in the country, development, abundance of job opportunities to do away with youth unemployment among others.

Later on the UWVC will deliver those donated items to the Saint Albans Veterans Hospital as part of the UWVC's annual Valentine's Day Caravan, which collects and delivers thousands of donated cards and gifts to military members, veterans and their families at veterans» hospitals and military bases in New York City, Long Island, New Jersey and Bethesda, Maryland.

«To set up committees of Police and Military membership at all regions where there is Military base for the purposes of overseeing to the peaceful co-existence of both services.»

Fighting erupted at the early hours of Monday, at about 2:45 am between suspected members of Boko Haram insurgents and troops when gunmen attacked NAF base, also known as 79 Composite Group and burnt down three military helicopters.

A new book by reporter James Risen of The New York Times alleges that APA, the largest U.S. professional association of psychologists, bent its ethical guidelines to give psychologists permission to conduct such interrogations at the U.S. military base at Guantánamo Bay, Cuba, and elsewhere.

Inquiry will examine APA's role in torture of prisoners at Guantánamo and other U.S. military bases.

The U.S. Department of Defense wants to make sure that when disaster strikes, renewable energy sources can still help keep the lights on at military bases