Sentences with phrase «many troops»

McRaven told the cadets in his audience that if they want to lead their troops well, they need to push them.

Seeing that 30,000 troops were not enough, the French bolstered their forces to a staggering 1.1 million men.

Earlier this month, Jubeir said Saudi Arabia would be prepared to send troops into Syria under the U.S. - led coalition if a decision is taken to widen it.

She told me of her ancestors» letters that she read, of their wives going to sleep hungry, when the food had to support the troops.

Initially, the Germans besiege the city with 270,000 troops.

In the end, the servant leader — the one who knows the troops on a deeper level — truly wins.

In total, the Germany army lost 92,000 - 100,000 troops while the Soviets lost 81,116.

E-1 wages were not increased between 1952 and 1958, so Korean War and Vietnam War troops made the same amount of money at the lower ranks — except inflation over the years drove the real value of the wages down.

Asked about Saudi troops on the ground in Syria, Pompeo said: «We will sit down and talk about... how to best make sure that this is not America alone working on this, it's the Gulf states working alongside us.»

When his shell - shocked Republican troops returned to Washington, the question wasn't whether they would fold but in what manner and how soon.

Ferdinand's murder sent the Great Powers into a war that would last five years and cost the lives of 10 million troops.

In 1916, the regulation was dropped and troops were allowed to be clean - shaven again.

Iran is also supporting the Taliban because it is «worried that with American troops in Afghanistan, the two militaries will end up confronting each other,» Mohammad Akram Arefi, a politics professor at Kateb University in Kabul, told The Washington Post.

In total, the French would lose upwards of 500,000 troops while the Germans lost in some estimates more than 400,000 — nearly 1 million killed on both sides.

Troops bringing the American flag back to Iraq in 2003 or deploying to Afghanistan in the same time period received just a little more than their Persian Gulf War predecessors, with $ 1,064.70 for soldiers with less than four months of service and $ 1,150.80 for the seasoned veterans with four months or more under their belts.

President Trump took to Twitter to announce that transgender people will no longer be allowed to serve in the military, reversing former President Barack Obama's administration's nixing of a ban on transgender troops.

Every Wednesday, a curling team troops into Rosie's on River Street in Moose Jaw, Sask.

Throughout military history, it was common for generals to only know of each other by reputation or by the deeds of their troops.

After his death was recorded at 10:59, his fellow troops moved his body and buried him near where his company was posted.

Despite its advantages in number of troops (many of them under - armed and malnourished) and artillery, the North has no real ability to fight and win a war against the South, though it could surely cause a lot of damage in a lost war.

The evidence is mounting that the Kremlin knew in advance about an attack on U.S. troops in Syria, says Jake Novak.

Essentially small aircraft carriers that can carry troops, the ships are capable of waging war on land, air, and sea.

«It also remains important that members of Congress do not hold funding for our troops hostage for immigration policy.»

Others keep the ship running but don't inspire much in their troops.

He has called on Gulf allies to contribute funding and troops to stabilise areas in Iraq and Syria where a U.S. - led coalition has largely defeated Islamic State jihadists.

The two joint drills, which include computer simulations and field exercises, would involve about 23,700 U.S. troops and 300,000 South Korea forces.

Also, Starbucks has shipped 60 pallets of coffee and 175,000 sticks of instant coffee to troops overseas.

Barack Obama promised that American combat troops would be removed from Iraq within 16 months of taking office.

His issues were poverty and income inequality, climate change, universal health care, and withdrawing troops from Iraq.

The Germans countered this by delivering 1.25 million troops.

«It is important that we achieve a two - year agreement that funds our troops and provides for our national security and other critical functions of the Federal government,» the statement from the White House, House Speaker Paul Ryan, and Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell said.

Cornell also boasted a track record of building private - label brands, a priority for Target, and had a reputation as a leader who could rally the troops and change a culture.

You're probably not sending your team on a dangerous and deadly mission, but McRaven's advice about what it takes to lead troops in battle is equally valid in business and in almost any other aspect of life.

«A kind of electrical charge passes through the troops — he is sharing in their sacrifices, leading by example.

The reason for this was that Kiev was third largest city with a large concentration of Soviet forces with likely more than 627,000 Red Army troops facing the German onslaught.

Grenadiers and other elite level troops had to maintain large busy moustaches.

The second-most senior officer in the Royal Navy, Second Sea Lord Vice Admiral Jonathan Woodcock, said he «will always support» transgender troops in Britain:

Choi says U.S. troops had such a big presence here during the war, that Marilyn Monroe flew in to entertain them at an American military base back in 1954.

Latshaw says that what keeps her going is the fact that «we are seeing the same troops returning after multiple deployments [and] it is extremely rewarding for our role players, managers, and cultural experts who conduct the training to receive positive feedback and know that they've made a difference.»

U.S. and South Korea are resuming joint military exercises next month, which would involve about 23,700 U.S. troops and 300,000 South Korea forces.

But while the US is no longer being coerced into walking an Iranian - approved path in Syria, clashes with Iran could put the about 500 US troops in Syria at risk, as the US closes in on ISIS's final strongholds and the fight for the future of Syria shapes up.

Keep the troops fed and you'll keep them happy.

And importantly, Trump has shown he'll hit Assad if needed and even hand over power to battlefield commanders to hit Iranian - backed forces if they threaten US troops.

Ryan Bohl, a Middle East analyst at the geopolitical consulting firm Stratfor, told Business Insider that though Syria's chemical weapons facilities lay under the umbrella of Russia's air defenses, they were not actually close enough that a strike on the facilities would endanger Russian troops.

President Donald Trump on Wednesday authorized the deployment of National Guard troops to the US - Mexico border, amid what his administration called a «drastic surge of illegal activity on the southern border.»

Though most soldiers don't carry around toilet paper in their pocket, it does come standard in the meals, ready to eat that troops have with them in the field.

He tells us about keeping cool under pressure, inspiring the troops even when you're not winning, and skating away from the scrum on your own terms:

Night optical / observation devices, or NODs as soldiers call them, are standard issue for most troops in the field these days.

The group ruled most of southern Somalia from 2006 to 2011, when it was pushed out of the region by African peacekeeping troops.

Roger also shares how his entrepreneurial ventures are impacting his children's perspective at making a living and discusses Wired Troops — his operation which ships waffles to troops serving the country.