Sentences with phrase «military officer from»

Pat Conroy, born in Atlanta in 1945, was the first of seven children of a young career military officer from Chicago and a Southern beauty from Alabama, whom Pat often credited for his love of language.

Lord Dannatt, who was Britain's senior military officer from 2006 until 2009, called for a rethink of the coalition's move to reduce the size of the regular Army by 20,000 to 82,000 amid Russia's uncompromising actions in Ukraine.

To maintain domination some American officials seem willing to bribe the leaders of foreign governments, to seduce their military officers from national loyalties, to make whole nations dependent on our low - cost food, to spy out the deepest political secrets, and to treat other nations like American provinces that we may invade when they become too independent.

The statement, which was issued by the Police Service and the Ghana Armed Forces said a team of senior police and military officers from Accra had also been dispatched to Tamale where «they joined the Northern Regional Security Council to hold a durbar with the military and the police in order to bring lasting solution to the cause of clashes in the region in particular.»

Our Board of Directors reflects the diversity of our markets and is comprised of retired senior flag and non-commissioned military officers from all branches and the National Guard as well as former First Responder and private industry business leaders.

Not exact matches

Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Martin Dempsey told Israeli leaders Jan. 20 that the United States would not participate in a war against Iran begun by Israel without prior agreement from Washington, according to accounts from well - placed senior military officers.

In May, U.S. authorities charged five officers from the Chinese military's cyber warfare unit with hacking into American companies to steal trade secrets.

As the vision for the connecting tunnel between Folkestone and Calais became more concrete, Ministry of Defence (MoD) civil servants and senior military officers drew up the nuclear plan in order to thwart a possible invasion by the Soviet army from Calais, The Independent has discovered.

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As a young military intelligence officer at the time, watching from a makeshift army base in Kuwait not far from the Iraq border.

Kenney also noted that Canada's Chief of Defence Staff Gen. Tom Lawson was in Saudi Arabia last month for a meeting with dozens of international military commanders from countries opposed to Islamic State, including about 25 actually involved in the military campaign against the terrorist organization, among them top officers from key Middle Eastern countries.

Anticipating an attempt to repeal this law, several retired flag and general officers from all branches of the military created an organization called The Flag and General Officers for the Military Project, and set about asking their retired colleagues to join them in signing a letter to the President and Members of Cofficers from all branches of the military created an organization called The Flag and General Officers for the Military Project, and set about asking their retired colleagues to join them in signing a letter to the President and Members of Cmilitary created an organization called The Flag and General Officers for the Military Project, and set about asking their retired colleagues to join them in signing a letter to the President and Members of COfficers for the Military Project, and set about asking their retired colleagues to join them in signing a letter to the President and Members of CMilitary Project, and set about asking their retired colleagues to join them in signing a letter to the President and Members of Congress.

And whereas once the socialist kibbutz movement produced a disproportionate number of military officers, today an outsized proportion comes from Modern Orthodox communities.

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.

Sentry is an organization based out of the Enough Project and Not on Our Watch and its mission is to «disrupt and dismantle the networks of military officers, government officials, businessmen, arms dealers, bankers and other enablers who benefit financially and politically from Africa's deadliest conflicts,» according to its website.

Where Maunsel White participated in the celebrations as a city official, it is not difficult to imagine, and certainly fits logically within the time frame that Maunsel White sauce was first concocted (which is dated by two different accounts to have been either 1849 or 1850) that the alleged traveler from Central America story perpetuated in McIlhenny family lore was actually a soldier returning through the port of New Orleans from the Mexican - American war to a festive reception in June of 1847, being honored and greeted by a prominent former military officer who was also a city commissioner.

In order to choose the winners for these prestigious awards, representatives from the NRA, NRAEF, and the Society for Foodservice and Hospitality Management travel with senior military officers to installations around the globe on a yearly basis to evaluate foodservice operations.

In a report to be released on Tuesday, a group of 300 retired military officers said school - age children are eating 400 billion excess calories a year - the equivalent of 2 billion candy bars - from junk food sold in such machines as well as in snack bars and cafeterias that should be off - limits.

trader from whom Captain Maxwell Mahama bought snails, was the one who informed the assemblyman of Denkyira Obuasi that the young military officer was an armed robber, after she had seen the sidearm of the now deceased officer as he took money from his pocket to pay for the snails, police have told journalists at a joint press conference with the Ghana Armed Forces at the Police Headquarters in Accra on Friday, 2 June.

In the US military, an officer who does not get promoted is automatically separated from military service (although senior officers may be allowed to stick around until they qualify for retirement).

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.

Official records reveal that Paladino was on active duty only from Aug. 5, 1971, to Nov. 4, 1971, and that he was at the sprawling Texas military base for an «acad,» or, as a military expert told The Post, «academic» program aimed at training new officers.

But Mali's elected government contained many former military officers, and the truth is that the army have been the main force in Mali politics since independence from France in the 1960s.

You wouldn't know it from watching most television news outlets, but a major story has been brewing behind the scenes since it originally broke in the Times Magazine on April 20th: many of the seemingly objective former military officers appearing on TV as analysts in the run - up to the Iraq...

The State House, where the funeral took place has been filled with tears from family, friends, statesmen and even people who never met the late military officer who was lynched at Denkyira - Obuasi last week Monday.

From here (2002) it's just a short skip and a jump to the next rebellion (CNDP — 2004 - 2009), and the rebellion after that (M23 now), both of which are dominated by precisely those Rwandaphone Congolese officers brought into the military by the peace deals which ended the war (as this makes clear, about half of the leadership of CNDP has now joined M23).

At the core of the book is the death of the commanding officer, Lt Col Rupert Thorneloe, but it isn't just a regimental history, and Harnden puts into perspective the tactical and operational decisions, and how the military effort frequently was disconnected from the wider political context.

To discover what happened after 1997 Bower interviewed dozens of civil servants ranging from juniors to Permanent Secretaries, many junior ministers and Cabinet ministers, and the principal senior military officers.

On June 4, 1979, junior officers staged an uprising to free Rawlings from a possible execution after he had bungled an earlier attempt on May 15 1979 to overthrow General Frederick Akuffoâ $ ™ s military government.

The panel had submitted its first interim report in November 2015 while it presented the second report in January 2016 following which President Muhammadu Buhari ordered the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) to investigate some serving and retired military officers, mainly from the Nigerian Air Force (NAF).

From 1964 to 1966, Sal served in the United States Army as a Military Police Officer in the 502 Armored Division and later in the 7th Infantry Division after he was deployed to South Korea.

Consequently, the military confirmed that 2 officers and 22 soldiers sustained various degrees of injuries from gunshots as well as IEDS attacks.

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.

WASHINGTON — 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.

Fifteen armed men dressed in military fatigues, suspected to be army officers, have stormed the private residence of the main opposition National Democratic Congress» National Organiser, Mr Kofi Adams, and seized all his vehicles in the company of four alleged National Security officers and personnel from the Driver and Vehicle Licensing Authority (DVLA).

I only came to see the top military officers that came and from what I saw, I can tell you that they are ready to work and fish out the perpetrators.»

The CMC's two former deputy chain, Admiral Liu Huaqing, who sat in the Politburo Standing Commit - tee as the highest ranking military officer until September 1997, and General Zhang Zhen, who is now the most senior PLA elder and attracts high respect from all major commanders in the PLA, would very likely be consulted!

He is not from a generation of senior military or police officers, and not politically and socially connected like the late Captain so no one cares about him.

«And at that time, as young military officers, you hardly heard of anything about petroleum or whatever money you got from it.

Here are some more startling numbers, according to the BBC: 6,000 military personnel arrested, including more than two dozen generals awaiting trial; 9,000 police officers fired; almost 3,000 judges suspended; and more than 250 members of Prime Minister Binali Yildirim's staff removed from their posts, as have 1,500 Finance Ministry employees.

The scheme will see black military officers work alongside young people to deter them from joining gangs.

The military did not deny the reported withdrawal of troops from Dapchi before the «terrorists» incursion, claiming instead that the withdrawn troops were to have been replaced by police officers, an arrangement the police authorities immediately claimed they were unaware of.

Rather than conduct a rigorous enquiry into how a military officer whose entire career had been in the army, could afford those purchases, the Minister of Defense in a statement published in Vanguard Newspapers on June 27, 2016 dismissed the issue as «the allegations was part (sic) of attempts by unpatriotic elements to distract the leadership of the armed forces from the successes of the war against terrorism...».

Eric Danso was pursued by two police officers for re-arrest and could only be arrested few meters away from the Tamale branch of the Bank of Ghana, which coincidentally has a military post.

«Few minutes into the meeting in my office, we heard gunshots and it came from some military officers who had actually stormed the Command while their commanders were also here in the meeting.»

The Nigerian Air Force has graduated another set of 146 Senior Non-Commissioned Officers (SNCOs) from the Leadership and Management Course at the Military Training Centre in Kaduna.

As a retired military officer, Flynn is prohibited under the emoluments clause of the Constitution from accepting payment from a foreign government without advance permission from both the secretary of State and the secretary of the Army.

Investigators will also seek to get names of other persons who participated in the gruesome murder of the military officer, from the five suspects currently in Police custody in Cape Coast.

As patrons troop in from all corners of the country, the Eastern Regional Public Relations Officer of the Ghana Police Service, ASP Ebenezer Tetteh, announced that over 500 hundred personnel from the Ghana Police Service and the military have been deployed to ensure security at Kwahu.

Multiple state agencies deployed additional resources to assist with local enforcement efforts, including a total of 20 watercraft and 42 law enforcement officers from the Department of Environmental Conservation, Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation, Division of Military and Naval Affairs, and State Police.