Sentences with phrase «military has increased»

The United States military has increased the terrorism threat level on bases from Alpha to Bravo.

The study found that healthcare costs for the active component of the military would increase by between $ 2.4 million and $ 8.4 million annually, which comes out to a 0.04 % to 0.13 % increase.

Not exact matches

While the budget proposes large spending cuts to many government agencies — the Environmental Protection Agency and State Department budgets would be cut 31 % and 28 %, respectively — defense and military spending would increase substantially.

Two days after Trump's «fire and fury» ultimatum to North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, which shook the international community and increased fears of military confrontation, the president has once again dialed up the pressure.

It would significantly boost military spending and increase funding for border security, infrastructure and efforts to fight the opioid epidemic.

Ferguson's concerns echo those raised by NATO Vice Admiral Clive Johnstone, who told IHS Jane's 360 in February that Russian increase has once again made the North Atlantic a primary area «of concern» to the military alliance.

France's defense and foreign ministers were in the United States on Wednesday for talks with other members of a U.S. - led coalition on increased military efforts against the group, which has urged followers to attack France, among other enemy countries.

Norway has increased military spending by 9.4 % for 2016.

China has been increasing its military exercises around Taiwan and making markedly stronger public comments about the need to prevent Taiwan independence.

He'd like to increase military spending, sign free trade deals with other Asian countries, make it easier for companies to hire and fire workers, change immigration laws, get more women in the labour force and much more.

Democrats are demanding increases in non-defense spending if military budgets are pumped up as Trump has demanded.

The RAND report estimated that if transition - related services were extended to active - duty personnel, the military's healthcare costs would increase by between $ 2.4 million and $ 8.4 million a year — at most a 0.13 % increase over the $ 6.2 billion the Defense Department spent on healthcare for active - duty personnel.

The US has done several military exercises with partners in the region this year and increased deployments, including of Patriot missile air - defense systems, to NATO member - states in Eastern Europe.

The military needed a faster and more efficient reporting scheme for incidents and potential threats and would need to increase the political education of troops, the minister said.

The pressure to decentralize has increased in recent years as the shadow of military downsizing has forced the marines to further differentiate themselves from the army to stave off steep cuts — and that means gearing up for even faster, more - effective responses to an ever - wider range of scenarios.

Northrop Grumman, the defense giant, has managed impressive earnings growth, and has recently benefited from a political push to increase U.S. military spending.

Answering to Trump's promises of increased military spending, stocks in the aerospace and defense industry have popped 39 % based on the SPDR S&P 500 Aerospace and Defense exchange - traded fund.

The Institute notes that federal public service employment, excluding military and RCMP uniformed personnel and federal government business enterprise employees, has increased by about 35 per cent between 1999 and 2009, (from 224,600 to 302,000), well in excess of overall growth in population of 11 per cent over that period.

In 2016, for example, Kyrgyzstan canceled a project with several Russian companies to build five hydropower plants, citing the Russian entities» inability to secure financing.28 In Tajikistan, the Russian military has periodically been unable to pay its local Tajik staff at its base there, even though the base purportedly serves as a key bulwark in Russia's defense against regional instability.29 That same year, Moscow pledged over $ 1 billion in security assistance to Dushanbe and promised to increase its troop presence in the country by 2,000 soldiers.30 Yet neither appears to have materialized, which raises questions about Russia's true capacity and willingness to respond to a security crisis in the region and to project influence there.

Since 2001 the silver and gold markets have gone up substantially as a reaction to the 20 year precious metals bear market from 1980 — 2000, massive increases in military spending, weakening global economies that REQUIRE Quantitative Easing to avoid deflation, the rise of competing currencies that weaken the dollar's trading status, excessive debts in Europe, Japan, the United Kingdom, and the United States, and so much more.

Beijing has been increasing its economic, diplomatic and military engagement with countries along the chain, including Tonga and Fiji.

State Sen. Bill Galvano is floating a series of plans that would change how Floridians buy and use guns, including one that would increase the minimum age to buy a military - style rifle to 21.

Bonhoeffer's early and consistent resistance to the intrusion of Nazi ecclesial, political and military machinations is well known: his bold involvement in the Confessing Church, his directorship of the underground seminary community at Finkenwalde (from which time we have his book Life Together), his summons to costly discipleship, the increasing repression of the mid-1930s and his decision to return to Germany in 1939 (although he had the opportunity to become an exile in the United States).

This downward trend continues and what is more distressing is that the First world countries confirm that they have increased their military expenditure.

Pamuk counseled America to avoid responding to this terrorism with «impetuous military operations» that would only increase the «artificial tension» between ««East» and «West,» or «Islam» and «Christian civilization.

(2) will have increased tax payer campaign transportation; as he has pulled nine cargo aircraft from the U.S. Airforce military operations, to support his stepped up visits to campaign sites.

Santorum wants to increase military spending, has said that we should keep our troops in Iraq (forever, I guess) and openly talks about bombing Iran.

Since 1806 Mexico has suffered military intervention at least ten times by U.S. troops, and if there are no interventions in the offing now, perhaps it is largely because the U.S. has been shoring up the rule of one party, which wins rigged elections and then fails to challenge U.S. investment and business practices that increase human suffering for campesinos and urban poor there.

So he is going to have to cut the Defense Department's operations even more than he suggested, or increase the Defense budget by around 10 billion dollars to accommodate the department's new responsibilities or hope that nuclear weapons and military nuclear reactors will produce and maintain themselves.

@ «ROBM it could be easily argued that China and other countries military spending has increased only to keep America in check.

Sexual assault has dramatically increased in the military and the Joint Chiefs baffle the senators with their responses.

For five hundred years we have lived, through all the cultural triumphs and glories of mankind, in an age of the increasing evolution of the Mystery of Iniquity - the military rebellion, so to speak, against the Lordship of Christ.

8 One does not need a medical degree to recognize that admitting homosexuals into the military would bring about an increase in the number of AIDS cases and would put additional financial and personnel strains on military medicine, which must contend with a declining military budget and the challenge of recruiting and retaining sufficient medical personnel.

and Guatemala (the real power brokers along with the U.S. embassy and economic elites) agreed to U.S. plans for elections in the 1980s after the United States assured them that, following the elections, their power would be enhanced through large increases in military assistance.

He would cut spending on the poor, increase military spending, and wage holy war.Jesus was no liberal, class warfare, hippie wuzz.

From controlling the foreign Affairs of Afghanistan after the 1st Anglo - Afghan war to drawing the Durand line between the Pashtuns after the 2nd Anglo - Afghan war, Why should the Afghans trust the British when the forefathers of Afghans fought against the Empire and today you send your royal family member on military expeditions in Afghanistan, why good have you done for any other country you have entered into militarily - what good can you do for Afghanistan when you have never been sincere with Afghans, Afghan never bought the story of Britain entering the war to eliminate poppy fields, the world is aware poppy production increase where British are present and Afghans know very well the British empire introduced poppy growing over 200 years ago to Afghanistan for transport through silk road and on to Hong Kong.

The increased volume of mail resulting from Operation Dear Abby, coupled with the increased manpower effort for Force Protection, has the potential of impacting both the quality of service and, more important, the safety provided to our military personnel.

In the early days, this was quite easy as America really only had to maintain a small military force to counter European and Native American threats on the mainland, both were not to powerful... and if war broke out, reinforcements were difficult to get to the Americas before the US could increase its own forces.

Despite considerable reduction in the overall budget, the military and security budgets have increased.

According to this report, the military and security budget has increased from $ 15.6 billion to around $ 17.1 billion.

The question of a military conflict between NATO member states would have been an entirely hypothetical question a decade ago, but looking at certain NATO member states (e.g. Turkey) increasing...

Opposition to continuing military involvement has increased on both sides of the Atlantic, almost certainly to the point of no return, and most Americans believe that the Afghans themselves no longer want foreign troops there.

The number of complaints filed against senior military and defense officials has increased over the past several years, but more cases are being rejected as not credible and fewer officers are being found guilty of misconduct, according to data from Defense Department investigators.

I seem to recall it was about $ 50 billion, which I think would be about a 10 % increase in overall US military spending.

The region has also seen a rise in high - tech militarization, with rapid development in areas ranging from aircraft carriers and submarines to cyber-espionage; this is likely to further increase due to the 2011 US «pivot to Asia» and military surge.

Putin's ability to foment pro-government nationalism has been strengthened by increased international recognition of the Russian military's global power projection capacity.

Further afield, China has been increasing diplomatic, economic and military influence elsewhere.

The creation of a globalized Russian military combined with Moscow's extra-regional power projection in Syria has increased public perceptions of Russia as a great power and rallied Russian nationalists around Putin's government.

Because most Israeli adults undergo military service, any increase (or decrease) in population has a direct effect upon Israel's military readiness — no small thing given Israel's famously hostile environment.

Moscow's military buildup has increased fears of an imminent Crimea - style Russian military intervention in the Baltic States.