Sentences with phrase «military positions in»

Just two weeks after missile attacks by the US, UK and France, a series of explosions rocked three Syrian government military positions in northwest...

We spend 4 billion dollars on retaining the most powerful military position in the world and somehow with all that appropriated money for outdoing every other country some 20 times over, the Navy can not conduct those same exercises outside the whale safety zone?

Not exact matches

The value of military veterans in franchise leadership positions — explained by military veterans themselves.

The cease - fire was part of a deal between the US and Russia to coordinate their military operations in Syria and share intelligence about terrorist positions.

«In the military, what people don't realize is that you are often put in a position that you've never been in beforIn the military, what people don't realize is that you are often put in a position that you've never been in beforin a position that you've never been in beforin before.

Since taking the reins of the group in 2010, he has transformed it from a local branch of al - Qaida into an independent transnational military force, positioning himself as perhaps the pre-eminent figure in the global jihadi community.

The US Air Force, struggling to retain pilots and fill undesirable positions, is considering paying up to $ 455,000 in annual bonuses, the branch's personnel chief, Lt. Gen. Gina Grosso, told the House Armed Services subcommittee for military personnel on Wednesday.

In August, when Askew stepped into her role as First Captain of the U.S. Military Academy's Corps of Cadets, her leadership position broke both racial and gender barriers.

«We're in a unique position with such a strong military presence in Honolulu and we have the privilege to serve this community every day in our stores,» said Francesca Peri, Starbucks regional vice president.

Due to our investment in North American Rescue, LLC, a leading supplier of mission - critical tactical medical products to the military and law enforcement, and our relationship with Renaissance Strategic Advisors, one of the most influential defense consultancies, we are well positioned to identify, win and manage opportunities in this sector.

His emphasis on hard power and intelligence - gathering as the primary means of pursuing Canada's interests is now echoed by the current administration in Washington, which has gutted the State Department, allocated record amounts of funding to the military and appointed military - minded men in key foreign policy positions.

«We're in a unique position with such a strong military presence in Honolulu and we have the privilege to serve this community every day in our stores.»

Andrew Scobell (RAND) assesses the position of the PLA on the eve of the 19th Party Congress — scheduled to begin October 18 — and challenges conventional assumptions about civil - military relations in the PRC.

• You are serving in a medical or dental internship or residency program and meet requirements • The total amount you owe each month is 20 % or more of your total monthly gross income, for up to three years • You are serving in an AmeriCorps position for which you received a national service award • You are performing teaching service that would qualify you for teacher loan forgiveness • You qualify for partial repayment of your loans under the U.S. Department of Defense Student Loan Repayment Program • You are a member of the National Guard and have been activated by a governor, but you are not eligible for military deferment

Prime Minister Shinzo Abe arrived in Myanmar on Friday on the first visit to the country by a Japanese leader in 36 years, as Tokyo bids to reassert its position as a top economic partner after decades of frosty relations with the previous military...

Considering our position in the overall global market, military strength, technological infrastructure, raw resources, and most of all, QUALITY OF LIFE — I'd call it a «global superpower with a few budget problems to work out».

The neocon position has for over a decade focused on advancing American strategic interests in the oil - rich Middle East and finding ways to establish bases for military operations to protect those interests.

As a private citizen he sent a very public letter to President Clinton supporting his position on gays in the military.

Had Brown not been cut down, he may have grown into a more life affirming position; perhaps as an internationally renowned neurosurgeon, a nationally syndicated newscaster, a White House cabinet member, a military general, a preacher of the Gospel, or perhaps as a simple and ordinary man who loves his wife and leads his family well, like so many who sit in our congregations every Sunday.

Congregational disagreements in response to the denominational stance on the military campaign have also been reported in some Mennonite churches (although there have also been reports of newcomers who have begun attending precisely because of the peace position).

In preparing to teach a course, I looked through a folder of accumulated notes and realized that I first taught the course to an adult class consisting of three women: Jennifer, a widow of about 60 years of age with an eighth - grade schooling, whose primary occupations were keeping a brood of chickens and a goat and watching the soaps on television; Penny, 55, an army wife who treated her retired military husband and her teenage son and daughter as items of furniture in her antiseptic house, dusting them off and placing them in positions that would show them off to her best advantage, and then getting upset when they didn't stay where she put them — she was, as you can imagine, in a perpetual state of upset; and Brenda, married, mother of two teenage sons, a timid, shy, introverted hypochondriac who read her frequently updated diagnoses and prescriptions from about a dozen doctors as horoscopes — the scriptures by which she liveIn preparing to teach a course, I looked through a folder of accumulated notes and realized that I first taught the course to an adult class consisting of three women: Jennifer, a widow of about 60 years of age with an eighth - grade schooling, whose primary occupations were keeping a brood of chickens and a goat and watching the soaps on television; Penny, 55, an army wife who treated her retired military husband and her teenage son and daughter as items of furniture in her antiseptic house, dusting them off and placing them in positions that would show them off to her best advantage, and then getting upset when they didn't stay where she put them — she was, as you can imagine, in a perpetual state of upset; and Brenda, married, mother of two teenage sons, a timid, shy, introverted hypochondriac who read her frequently updated diagnoses and prescriptions from about a dozen doctors as horoscopes — the scriptures by which she livein her antiseptic house, dusting them off and placing them in positions that would show them off to her best advantage, and then getting upset when they didn't stay where she put them — she was, as you can imagine, in a perpetual state of upset; and Brenda, married, mother of two teenage sons, a timid, shy, introverted hypochondriac who read her frequently updated diagnoses and prescriptions from about a dozen doctors as horoscopes — the scriptures by which she livein positions that would show them off to her best advantage, and then getting upset when they didn't stay where she put them — she was, as you can imagine, in a perpetual state of upset; and Brenda, married, mother of two teenage sons, a timid, shy, introverted hypochondriac who read her frequently updated diagnoses and prescriptions from about a dozen doctors as horoscopes — the scriptures by which she livein a perpetual state of upset; and Brenda, married, mother of two teenage sons, a timid, shy, introverted hypochondriac who read her frequently updated diagnoses and prescriptions from about a dozen doctors as horoscopes — the scriptures by which she lived.

Thus the annual Human Rights Report of the U.S. State Department, mute the previous decade on discrimination and the occasional acts of violence against Christians, included in its January 1990 report the observation that «Christians have had difficulty in getting permission to build new churches» and that «Christians complain that there are barriers to Christians rising to high positions in public service, public corporations, universities and the military.»

But Pete is right that there's no Catholic position on gays in the military, and the least that can be said is that Rick's opposition to the new policy has been artless.

Its present success is due to the fact that the collective effort and strong centralized authority associated with it are producing dramatic improvements in the economic, political, and military position of nations hitherto impeded by traditional systems unsuited to industrial civilization.

Finally, one may hope that the encounter with Pope Francis, a man of peace, might lead Patriarch Kirill to take a more prophetic position in response to Russian military aggression in Ukraine.

I come from this position from both having served in the military and considered «just war theory» at masters level.

First since the citizens of Washington were under siege by the British military including the firing from the British Navy on fortified positions around the city with troops on the ground burning the city to the ground it would more appear that the citizens had already taken cover in the city.

They were astute in diplomacy and were able administrators who created an efficient military and civilian organization by training men and putting them in the right positions with authority and responsibility.

The high court in Pakistan, a Muslim - majority country, ruled on March 9 that citizens must declare their religious affiliation before joining government positions such as the military, civil service or judiciary system.

Your position amounts to saying that only practicing Christians should be allowed to serve in the US military.

however what happened in reality was that protesters raised the hammas» demands tenfold, the israeli government refused to initiate a military opperation to rescue gilad — which is the logical solution to this crisis (and the israelies had their chances during operation cast led and even afterwards... in fact, the israeli intelligence knew and still knows the exact location of shalit, but since the failure of the nahson vaxman rescue operation the israellie's government position on rescue operations changed dramatically.)

To this day it is assumed in Buddhist countries that before taking over an important position in government, administration, science, or elsewhere in the social and military life, men must have undergone some training in meditation.

Their exemption from military service is simply the compromise position that has developed in a society in which moral objection to war is not unanimously shared.

This time, two years later, the Supreme Court sustained Lincoln's position in the famous Prize Cases, a landmark recognizing a sweeping military power of the president to respond to attacks against the United States.

Supplying to Farm Fresh stores, military commissaries, BJ's Wholesale Clubs, Costco Wholesale Clubs, Sam's Club stores and select Food Lion stores, Mama Kayer's says it has a unique position in the industry.

Part of the reason I would never have looked to join the military is because I KNOW sooner or later there could come an order that I would take issue with, and I wouldn't want to compromise myself OR the chain of command by putting myself in that position.

Snuffy was baseball's top position player in 1945, when many of the league's best (such as Ted Williams, Stan Musial and Joe DiMaggio) were serving in the military.

Suppose also that state B is allied with state C, and that state C has some military forces positioned in B2.

All combat positions in our military are now open to women.

Militarily Ukraine is also in a very weak position, with a conscript army that could itself fragment into Ukrainian and Russian components if pushed into military action, and a command echelon that seems to be prepared (given the sacking of the army chiefs by both Yanukovych and the new acting president Turchynov) to prefer caution and neutrality rather than be an instrument for splitting the country any further than it already is.

In light of signs that the military council will attempt to entrench its position in the new constitution, the article ends with the following thoughtIn light of signs that the military council will attempt to entrench its position in the new constitution, the article ends with the following thoughtin the new constitution, the article ends with the following thoughts:

Most, if not all reasons advanced for their appeals for me to reembrace my initial position are based on fears of a military confrontation that leads to violence and concerns for an outbreak of war in our peaceful country of ours.

The idea is that the EU is in a unique position to combine economic, political, developmental and military tools when addressing international crises.

Putin has imposed a strong vertical authority chain in the government, has resuscitated the economic and social, and military, position of the country through the windfalls of oil and gas revenues.

The war and its result restored the position of the military in public opinion.

It is common sense that transformative outcomes in so - called developing countries are dependent upon, above all but not exclusively, human agency and the position and role of the old guard and the military.

In France, eyewitness accounts of the protests supporting the Paris Commune in 1871 describe «waves of people» overpowering military positionIn France, eyewitness accounts of the protests supporting the Paris Commune in 1871 describe «waves of people» overpowering military positionin 1871 describe «waves of people» overpowering military positions.

Lord Ashcroft's interest in the Forces and their charities, military history and courage provided the background to the appointment, and he was in a position to bring a completely independent approach as he held no candle for any particular body.

Meanwhile, political and legal activists urged him to use his position to free those in military prisons since 2011, that is, to begin what might resemble a transitional justice process earnestly.

Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand (D - N.Y.), one of the most outspoken lawmakers seeking significant changes in how the military handles sexual assault cases, attempted to push the military service chiefs closer to her position on the matter.