Sentences with phrase «half of military personnel»

Contrary to popular belief, VA loans are available not only to veterans, but also other classes of military personnel.

Acts that do in one context (forcible interrogation) may not in another (say, voluntary training of military personnel).

The problem of military personnel struggling in the job market was a tremendous societal burden after combat in Vietnam ended in 1975, and joblessness and homelessness have been epidemic issues among returning veterans every year since.

3) Many people think that war frees its actors from moral restraints by offering a unique setting for the proof of the virility of a political elite, of military personnel, or of a nation.

But look at where the majority of military personnel — specifically enlisted personnel (privates, sergeants aka non-commissioned officers, platoon sergeant is a position assigned to an NCO), not commissioned officers (company commander, typically a captain, possibly a major) come from.

Get with it people, it is the 21st century and open barracks / showers for dozens of military personnel is nearly a thing of the past.

Located in the Proving Ground's # 6010 building, this UFood Grill will serve hundreds of military personnel eager to try an array of fresh, healthier options including breakfast paninis, fire - grilled burgers, signature flatbread sandwiches, UBowls and specialty salads along with fat - free frozen yogurt and fresh - fruit & yogurt smoothies.

What made this event different from other cooking contests was that it consisted entirely of military personnel.

One of the ways we express our gratitude is by offering a generous discount to the families of military personnel and first responders.

* A study of parents of 86 children in clinics of pediatrics and child psychiatry (ages 2 - 13 years) on military bases (offspring of military personnel) revealed that cosleeping children received higher evaluations of their comportment from their teachers than did solitary sleeping children, and they were underrepresented in psychiatric populations compared with children who did not cosleep.

military and civil personnel, including retirement pensions of military personnel and social services for personnel,

«Realizing their costly and unfair error, Senate Republicans now cynically propose an August primary date, knowing full well that voter participation in midsummer will be minimal if not outright suppressed and that the votes of military personnel may not be fully counted.»

Captain Mahama had been posted to the area about three weeks ago to relieve the Commander of the military personnel who were guarding a local mining company.

When the Eastern European Soviet bases were disbanded, thousands of military personnel went home, without really having anything to do, without good education or experience outside of being a grunt who did what they were told.

Additionally, America is concerned about the safety of its military personnel involved in the Sinai's multinational observer force.

According to him, such awful practice by some of the military personnel, tarnish the image of soldiers and the country they represented.

But both Fabius and Hollande have been vague on the details of numbers and locations of military personnel (partly out of a desire to protect them).

Committee chair James Arbuthnot said his group of MPs believed the skills of military personnel meant they were flexibly employable - in contrast to the views of senior MoD civil servants, who have argued it is civilian staff who are flexible and service personnel who are not.

Some of the military personnel, the Ghana News Agency spoke with expressed satisfaction about the engagement, saying it has exposed them to some of the provisions of the Constitution, which they were not aware of.

Why are the Ijaw elders led by your humble self calling on the FG for the withdrawal of military personnel from the Niger Delta region in the face of the renewed militancy?

He said New Yorkers «have a special burden» to remember the sacrifices of military personnel, «because 9/11 happened here, and 9/11 was the most recent attack in this country, where this country opened its eyes once again to the threat that is out there.»

In a statement on its official Facebook page, the Nigerian Army said, «The attention of the 1 Division Nigerian Army has been drawn to a Twitter message, report in mass and social media of alleged involvement of military personnel in the demolition of a politician's property by KASUPDA in Kaduna, Kaduna State.

«From prosecuting debt collectors that took advantage of military personnel to securing the largest heroin bust in the Western New York history.

Troops wounded while serving abroad are to have their compensation doubled as part of a major review of military personnel welfare.

With over 500 of its military personnel deployed in the ongoing African led International Support Mission to Mali (AFISMA), Nigeria has handed over a total of...

Speaking further, the bishops frowned at the deployment of military personnel in the Southeastern part of the country, describing it as capable of «igniting a fire that could turn into an uncontrollable conflagration».

The group said that all the communities in Gbaramatu are already ghost towns because of the heavy presence of the military personnel who were already acting in commando style, stressing that the rights and privileges of the people must be respected as anything that will bring a repeat of the events of 2009 when the military invaded Gbaramatu will not augur well for the state and the country.

Meanwhile, the Taraba State Government, on Saturday, expressed shocks over the sudden withdrawal of military personnel deployed to enforce peace and security in the southern part of the state.

The Northern Regional Minister, Salifu Saeed, has distanced the Northern Regional Security Council from the actions of military personnel who are said to have set ablaze some earthmoving equipment belonging to sand winners in the Kumbugu District.

A contingent of military personnel set fire to 14 tipper trucks and an excavator used for sand winning in the Dalun River, a tributary...

The recent arrest of the military personnel has increased the number of suspects arrested in connection with the kidnap to nine.

Chin's resolution, co-sponsored by Council Speaker Christine Quinn and others, calls on the Department of Defense to examine its cultural diversity policy and do more to prevent harassment of military personnel.

The authors can not determine why almost half of all military personnel in Canada have a history of child abuse exposure.

Tracie O. Afifi, Ph.D., of the University of Manitoba, Canada, and coauthors examined the association between child abuse exposure and suicidal behavior (ideation, planning and attempts) among representative groups of military personnel and the general population.

They say there is no evidence that DU has damaged the health of military personnel.

However, approximately half of military personnel with a probable mental health disorder do not seek help.

At an experimental mine at the Missouri University of S&T in Rolla, scientists are setting off explosives around lab mice and cell cultures to study how exposure to blasts in combat damage the brains of military personnel.

One study of military personnel found that an important antecedent for many cases of IBS is previous infectious gastroenteritis, which increases risk by two to three times versus controls.

Many scammers use photos of military personnel in order to boost their credibility.

In many cases, scammers will choose to use pictures of military personnel.

The plot is about a group of military personnel and survivalists living in an underground bunker trying to survive the zombie apocalypse.

Included with the 2 - Disc Special Edition is a widescreen presentation of the film and two documentaries: Chasing Planes: Witnesses to 9/11 examines the details of all four airplanes hijacked on September 11, 2001, focusing on the experiences of both military personnel and civilians as they responded to these acts of terrorism.

The script is as common as last week's leftovers and riddled with over-the-top, stereotypical depictions of military personnel that can't do much more than grunt and fire.

Many are wounded or die with as little recognition as to who is killed in the chaos as there is to establishing them as people in first place, and screenwriter Chris Bertolini even cynically brings in a new squad of military personnel, just so there's additional fodder for the aliens» incendiary and explosive rounds.

As is so often the case with Alien films, this one too involves a crew of space - farers, here a combination of military personnel and colonists traveling to what hopes to be a new home.

By using the threat of effectively denying the children of military personnel access to public education, the bill seeks to force the federal government either to increase its impact - aid payments to districts or to establish separate schools, with full federal funding, on the bases.

Jack's experience was that there was a degree of panic within the ranks and the civilian population which he attributed to the confusion following the surprise attacks, the misunderstandings of orders issued to some of the military personnel (i.e.; to leave the town and form up in the bush down the track) and the lack of visible law and order.

«Family concerns about education affect readiness and retention of military personnel,» said the report, citing the Department of Defense, which recommended in 2008 that military families in areas with poorly performing public schools be offered charter school options.»

The United States Department of Defense has been recognized for its ability to provide consistent high - quality care at the hundreds of child care centers it operates for families of military personnel in the U.S. and abroad.

A spokeswoman for the Department for Education said: «Currently, only academies and free schools have the freedom to prioritise children eligible for the pupil premium or service premium [for the children of military personnel] or both.