Sentences with phrase «military officials»

"Military officials" refers to individuals who hold positions of authority and responsibility within the armed forces. They are responsible for making decisions, providing leadership, and overseeing various military operations and activities. Full definition
Military officials said that the nuclear facilities have been shut down safely, though it remained unclear whether any had suffered damage.
I developed and analyzed fire hazard risk assessments of base facilities and reported fire and life safety hazards to senior military officials.
The active or retired military official can focus on the other aspects associated with civilian life and remain secure in their own private residence.
You'll want to be at your best if you find yourself facing off against corrupt military officials, rogue survivors, or the wandering undead.
In most cases, he says, military officials simply believe that military exercises are more important than protecting wildlife.
«We were operating under the assumption that when they said COIN, that's what they meant,» said a senior U.S. military official in Afghanistan, «and they were serious about committing the necessary resources.»
The larger problem with that is the treatment of the women in this film, making one of their two female characters a high ranked military official who spends most of the time feeling insecure and being derided by other men, including those who were supposed to be her peers.
In the latest round of complications for the Pantego Wind Energy Project, U.S. military officials in Wayne County have disclosed that the 49 - turbine wind farm would imperil the daily bombing runs of low - flying fighter jets at Seymour Johnson Air Force Base.
The city is rich in Civil War and industrial history with many historical buildings throughout, including museums and houses of military officials.
Kim Dong - yub, a former South Korean military official who is now an analyst at Seoul's Institute for Far Eastern Studies, said the North is likely trying to further evaluate the weapon's performance, including the warhead's ability to survive atmospheric re-entry and strike the intended target, before it attempts a test that shows the full range of the missile.
«We confirm that North Korea has launched one missile from Wonsan airbase this morning and failed,» a South Korean military official tells NBC News.
Aug. 28, 2017: A South Korean military official says the Hwasong - 12, a North Korean intermediate - range ballistic missile, was fired around 5:57 a.m. local time.
The front page Washington Post headline isn't sensational; it merely reads» Civilian, Military Officials at Odds Over Resources Needed for Afghan Mission.»
Qureshi, a member of the foreign affairs select committee, said during the Commons debatethat on a trip to the Middle East last week, she was told by military officials and politicians there were only 10,000 — 15,000 moderate troops.
Having heard from top military officials, Sen. Kelly Ayotte is backing the idea of requiring women to register for the draft.
A US military official said the deployment of Arleigh Burke - class guided - missile destroyers USS Carney and USS Ross in the Black Sea in February was meant to «desensitize Russia» to the US military's presence there.
Magid said it was unprecedented to have a ranking American military official address the All - Dulles Area Muslim Society, which he said is one of the largest Islamic congregations in the U.S.
Two months ago, she ripped into military officials for letting commanders decide which sexual assaults to bring to trial.
As I noted in an earlier post, Mission: Readiness, an organization of former high - ranking military officials concerned about obesity and other health problems in military recruits and personnel, has issued a hard - hitting defense of USDA's school nutrition standards.
Chen's was subjected to ridicule and physical abuse by fellow soldiers and superiors in part because of his Chinese ethnicity, advocates and Chen's family said, based on conversations with military officials.
A senior Iraqi military official also said he learned in operational meetings that al - Baghdadi had been wounded.
Lincoln's administration during the Civil War was known for high turnover of high level military officials who in that case usually were fired.
Second, the role of Venezuelan military officials in organised crime, especially the cocaine trade, is likely to increase.
State military officials say the MQ - 9 Reaper had taken off from Wheeler Sack Army Airfield at Fort Drum and was operating in approved airspace over the eastern side of the lake when it was lost around 1 p.m. Tuesday.
According to the San Diego Reader, an audit by the Pentagon's Office of Inspector General showed that military officials didn't do enough to halt illegal life insurance sales practices on the San Diego County Marine Corps bases, threatening the «financial stability» of junior enlistees.
• 11.4 percent (25 responses): I think it's OK, but maybe he should have let military officials review it to ensure security issues weren't compromised.
While the KCNA article listed other high - ranking regime members who attended the performance — including military official Choe Ryong Hae, national intelligence head Kim Yong Chol, and Kim's sister and head of propaganda Kim Yo Jong — they were reportedly given the designation «comrades,» signifying a lower status than Ri.
The young family freed Thursday from militants have boarded a commercial flight to London from Islamabad, Pakistan, and will travel to Canada from there, a Pakistani military official told CNN on Friday.
When German and Allied military officials gathered again in Berlin near midnight on May 8 to sign surrender documents, the atmosphere in the room was laden with emotional and political weight.
March 19, 2017: U.S. and South Korean military officials confirm a failed missile test on Wednesday from the North.
McMaster, whose February 2017 appointment was lauded by politicians of both parties as well as many military officials, will be replaced by former UN ambassador John Bolton.
The U.S. military official acknowledged that it was difficult to assess the goal of the deployment.
When military officials learned that two of Fred's brothers had been killed in action and a third was a prisoner of war, they ordered him to return to England for a period of rest.
Military officials complained at the time that the technology interfered with the radar used by planes — a problem that shouldn't hinder Musk's effort, industry officials said.
U.S. military officials raised concerns about the incident through a hotline established in the past two years between American and Russian air forces.
The death occurred during a bloody day in Afghanistan in which 31 people, including 10 journalists, were killed in twin bombings targeting civilians in Kabul, and a suicide bombing targeted a military convoy in Kandahar province, wounding eight Romanian service members and killing numerous children who were nearby, coalition military officials said.
This morning, it's been reported that military officials conducted air raids on the same area — a region also used as a stronghold for anti-Assad rebels.
Following de Maizière's interview, a number of high - ranking military officials publicly spoke out in favour of armed UAVs.
The article acknowledges that military officials first came into government after the July Revolution, but it goes on to explore the deceptive myth of «sixty years of oppression» since, which has been heard often in recent months.
Terrorists dressed as military officials attack the U.S. Embassy with an arsenal of weapons including RPGs and detonate two car bombs.
The administration defended President Trump's idea for a national military parade, as some former military officials likened the proposed parade to affairs held by authoritarian regimes and some lawmakers questioned the costs that might be involved.
At a March 2013 Senate hearing, Gillibrand shakes hands with Judge Advocate General of the U.S. Air Force Lt. Gen. Richard Harding and other senior military officials ahead of their testimony about sexual assault in the armed forces.
Indeed, she notes that it was in October that year [right before the November elections] that the country's second most powerful military official arrived in Washington, and in full military uniform presented a letter of invitation to Clinton.
Though military officials assured that the bombs were safe, then - Southold Supervisor S. Wentworth Horton and East Hampton Town Supervisor Perry Duryea protested the training.
And then there was the coup warning by the Chief of Army staff, Lt. Gen Tukur Buratai, who warned the nation that unnamed politicians were actively procuring military officials for unpatriotic purposes.
WAMC's Dr. Alan Chartock discusses the result of the late night healthcare bill push, communications director Anthony Scaramucci's foul language, and military officials response to Trump's ban on transgender individuals from the military.
At the time, as senior military officials scrambled to determine how to carry out the order, White House officials said they would work with the Pentagon to devise a policy to fit Mr. Trump's tweets.
In January, [military officials] provided Science with a database of civilian casualties called CIVCAS.
After NATO released satellite images that seemed to reveal a buildup of Russian forces along Ukrainian border towns, for example, a senior Russian military official disputed the allegation, but NATO's assessment was corroborated by the AAAS analysis.

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