Sentences with phrase «head of the army»

The British armed forces are only «just» coping with the demands made on them by politicians, the new head of the army has warned.

Former head of the Army General Sir Richard Dannatt has suggested «vested interests» within the Ministry of Defence (MoD) let down troops on the ground in Iraq and Afghanistan.

General Mike Jackson, who stepped down as head of the army earlier this year, has launched a fierce attack on the government for failing its troops.

Head of the Army Sir Peter Wall is due to report by the end of the year.

Lord Richard Dannatt si the formed head of the army and former Vice President of the Armed Forces Christian Union.

Contrary to previous years, today's Colombian Head of the Army described his troops as «architects of peace».

Former head of the Army warns the Crimea crisis» «uncomfortable shadows of the 30s» are a reason for boosting the size of the British Army

Former head of the Army Lord Dannatt warned of a slide into further intervention, while Archbishop of York John Sentamu said the prime minister should «tread very warily».

The former president and head of the army resigned in 2008 after an attempt to secure his disintegrating power base by quitting the military failed.

Labour ministers are facing a media backlash after they were accused of briefing against the outgoing head of the Army.

Her mission is to deliver the pod to the «magical» caterpillar named Nim Galuu (Tyler, The Polar Express), with the help of Ronin (Farrell, Seven Psychopaths), head of the army protecting the Queen, known as «leaf men», and Ronin's godson, a green recruit named Nod (Hutcherson, The Hunger Games).

Pinochet was no longer in charge of the country, but he was still head of the army, adored by pocket demagogues on both sides of the Andes.

Lord Dannatt, the former head of the army and Vice President of the Armed Forces Christian Union says he understands that they have chosen that way of life but many will return home, needing to reintegrate in society.

They can be seen by the troops at the head of the army, exposing themselves to the same fate as any foot soldier.

«The Duke of Wellington said that the mere appearance of Napoleon Bonaparte at the head of his army translated into the equivalent of an additional forty thousand men,» the book continues.

The key players here are: Grace Mugabe, who wants to succeed her husband; Emmerson Mnangagwa, until last week the vice-president; and General Constantino Chiwenga, the head of the army.

In these poems we see Yahweh marching to battle at the head of an army, not the troops of Israel, but the hosts of heaven.

And at the head of this Army is a clueless potato head

with Wenger at the head of this Army of Babies!.

Richard Dannatt as a former head of the army and having written his autobiography has now produced Boots on the Ground Britain and Her Army Since 1945.

It is a move that the head of the army, General Sir Peter Wall, has already suggested might make the armed forces «look more normal» - and it seems Defence Secretary Philip Hammond now agrees.

The head of the Army, General Sir David Richards, is the obvious candidate for the job but the vice-chief of the defence staff, General Sir Nicholas Houghton, is also thought to be in the running.

The completion of Britain's two new aircraft carriers and even the continued reliance on Trident were placed in doubt last night as the head of the Army embraced a historic shift in the country's defence priorities.

The head of the army has been fired (don't know his name), and the allegation has been made that Gulen is behind it; something he's denied (though he would if it failed).

The British army is so overstretched it is ruining the family lives of its personnel, the head of the army has warned.

The MPs also repeat concerns expressed by the former head of the army, Mike Jackson, on Wednesday night about the MoD's management of these requirements, saying the need to respond to performance targets must not get in the way of what is needed.

The way British soldiers are being treated between tours of duty to Afghanistan could damage their long - term retention, the head of the Army has warned.

In November General Sir Richard Dannatt, the head of the army, said the covenant had not be broken, «but more needs to be done».

Last week, the head of the army, general sir Richard Dannatt, said the British public are not supportive of troops, contrasting their «dismissive and indifferent» response with the attitude to homecoming troops in America.

Tony Blair has given his backing to general Richard Dannatt, the head of the army who called for British troops to leave Iraq «sometime soon».

The head of the army committed a «constitutional breach» in his outspoken comments about Iraq, Paddy Ashdown has said.

The meeting which had Heads of Army, Navy, Customs, Prisons, Prisons, Immigration, Road Safety Corps and Police in attendance also agreed that the Permanent Secretary kidnap was a security threat and that Ondo State would never be made comfortable for criminals.

A former head of the Army has warned the Crimea crisis» «uncomfortable shadows of the 30s» are a reason for boosting the size of the British Army.

The rethink, to conclude by the end of the year, is backed by General Peter Wall, head of the army.