Sentences with phrase «military use during»

Requisitioned for military use during the Second World War, the trains resumed service in 1946 with a new blue and cream livery - giving rise to the name «the Blue Train».

«Nigerian authorities have made a commitment to make schools safer and more resilient to attack, and UNICEF stands with them to implement the Safe Schools Declaration, by which Nigeria commits to protecting schools and universities from violence and military use during armed conflict.»

The American military used them during the Gulf War, and more recently, after a program handed them down to local police forces, Ziman said he had seen them in news reports about protests surrounding Black Lives Matter.

Not exact matches

Military and students have been used as seat fillers during the Olympics.

This agreement will strengthen co-operation between the Canadian Armed Forces and the Japanese Self - Defense Forces and will allow both countries to make efficient use of each other's military equipment during operations and exercises in Canada, Japan, and other locations.

During the question - and - answer session, a shareholder asked Moynihan how much business the bank was giving up because of its decision to stop lending to manufacturers of military - style guns sold for civilian use.

The Pope has celebrated Mass at a former military base in Chile that not only lies on land contested by the indigenous Mapuche people, but was also a detention centre used during the country's brutal dictatorship.

As mad as it sounds, the Germans actually organised a football league during their occupation - consisting of several military teams from the Fatherland, Hungary and Rumania plus two Russian teams - but their bid to use this league for their own propaganda means came unstuck when the former players of Dynamo Kiev refused to lay down and die.

I'd imagine it's difficult to uphold constitutional obligations of raising and funding a military, since the military was used during the Civil War to take down the confederate states; and those regions definitely had nothing to fork over for a while after that defeat.

Gradually, during the 1990s, the Security Council began to use Chapter VII much more to impose economic sanctions, arms embargoes, and to deploy large peacekeeping forces and even military attacks in many civil wars.

Use of military force without Congressional authorization is a far more contentious issue, but this did not happen during the Iraq War.

The use of night vision instruments, for instance, which is based on the REM lanthanum, is considered to have played a decisive role in the US military dominance during the Gulf War.

«We strongly belief that President Buhari, must be seen to be acting contrary to court decisions on the use of Military during elections as clearly stated in the rulings of Justice Aikawa of the Federal High Court, who in his judgment, restrained the President and Commander - in - Chief of the Armed Forces of the Federal Republic of Nigeria and INEC from engaging the service of the Nigerian armed forces in the security supervision of elections in any manner whatsoever in any part of Nigeria, without the Act of the National Assembly.

He said moving forward as a nation, and with 25 years without any military interference, the people and the Government of Ghana must glorify the Lord and use the lessons learnt to guide the present and the future, especially during elections.

From the President who has refused to act on investigative reports submitted to him on grievous allegations of diverting over a billion naira meant for resettlement of Internal Displaced Persons (IDPs) by the Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Babachir Lawal under the Presidential Initiative for the North East (PINE) and the miraculous discovery of 13billion naira in an apartment at Ikoyi, Lagos under the supervision of the Director of the Nigerian Intelligence Agency (NIA), Ayodele Oke, to the Head of Service of the Federation, Oyo - Ita Winifred Ekanem, who connived with others to reinstate into active duty and promote Abdulrasheed Maina, the former Chairman of the Pension Reform Task Team, who allegedly stole over 6billion naira pension fund; the Chief of Staff to President Buhari now renamed the «Thief of Staff», Abba Kyari, who allegedly received a bribe of 500million naira to negotiate a fine reduction for MTN Nigeria, and has continuously been in the heart of every sharp practices in the Presidency; the Minister of State for Petroleum Resources, Dr. Ibe Kachikwu who allegedly received a kickback of 3.8 billion naira in exchange for marginal oilfield using his brother, Dumebi Kachikwu as front; the Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami, who was the brain behind the reinstatement of Abdulrasheed Maina; the Chief of Army Staff, General Tukur Buratai who during his time as the Director of Procurement at the Army Headquarters allegedly diverted funds meant to equip the Military into buying choice properties worth millions of dollar in Dubai; the Minister for Solid Minerals, Dr. Kayode Fayemi who allegedly embezled State Universal Education Board (SUBEB) funds as the Governor of Ekiti State; the Minister for Interior, Abdulrahman Bello Dambazau who was indicted by a Presidential investigative committee probing Arm procurement for awarding ghost contracts worth $ 930,500,690 with others while as the Chief of Army Staff between 2008 - 2010 and one of the brains behind the reinstatement of Abdulrasheed Maina; the Minister of Transportation, Rotimi Amaechi alleged to have stolent 142billion naira as the Governor of Rivers State.

In the immediate post-war period, even before the creation of the West - German state, allied military governors used the license system to prevent divisions between parties and especially encourage the creation of a large Christian - Democrat political party (as opposed to the separate catholic and protestant parties that existed during the Weimar period).

Gen. Nuhu Angbazo, the Chief of Military / Civil Affairs said during the duration of the operation, Nigerian army Engineers would make blocks using compressor machines and assist in building new homes for IDPs at their various towns.

Personally, with the experience I have as a military man and during the civil war, using local intelligence, using local authorities from ward, to local government, to the state can improve our intelligence collection,» Buhari noted.

During the 2014 Ebola outbreak in West Africa, for example, the Virginia Tech group used an agent - based model to help the U.S. military identify sites for field hospitals.

The most remarkable aspect of the Enigma — the code used by the German military to encrypt radio messages during World War II — was that it was both difficult to break and easy to use, even by someone with no knowledge of cryptography.

«You could use this technique to make sure that military satellite images are original,» he says, «or that a medical image presented during a trial is authentic.»

Japan's constitution, written during the U.S. - led occupation after World War II, renounces war and the use or threat of force to resolve international conflicts and says military forces «will never be maintained.»

During the Cold War, the U.S. military became convinced it was losing the «mind race» against the Soviet Union, and as recently as the late 1980s was investigating a range of paranormal phenomenon and their potential uses in espionage and combat, says Jonathan Moreno, a philosopher at the University of Pennsylvania who studies military applications of cognitive science.

«Studies of women in the military have shown that many would like to suppress their menstrual flow during deployment, but only a proportion of them use the pill to do so; the majority of women surveyed also wanted more advice from the military to help them make the right choice.

Some blue whales off the coast of California change their behavior when exposed to the sort of underwater sounds used during U.S. military exercises.

Supplemented by documents and photographs from the AAAS Archives, the timeline highlights the contributions of the Pacific Division over the last century, including presentations on the causes of the Dust Bowl during the division's meetings in the 1930s, a resolution against the use of herbicides by the U.S. military during the Vietnam War, and partnerships with Russian scientists after the end of the Cold War.

Most models that have been built for military use are designed to work at distances of 300 to 500 metres during the day and a kilometre or so at night.

First used to help find children separated from their parents during Argentina's 1976 to 1983 military dictatorship, the approach has since identified human remains and victims of natural disasters and the 9/11 terrorist attacks.

The sit - up test is one of the standard tests used to assess abdominal, core and hip flexor strength and endurance during military (Army, Navy, Air Force), law enforcement (police and firefighter), and other common physical fitness tests.

As with the squat, deadlift, and reverse bent over row, the core is activated during the military press; and barbells or dumbbells can be used, with a barbell preferable, as unilateral movements can sometimes lead to muscle and strength imbalances.

During the Cold War, the Russians began to scientifically study the use of adaptogenic herbs for their elite athletes and military.

It was opened and used for military operations during the Second World War, but became a civilian facility

Keitel's key role in the secret rearmament of the Reichswehr to theapocalyptic plans for massive use of nerve gas during the last weeks of the war arepresented as stages in a military career caught under the spell of the dictator.

Filmed in New South Wales and using primarily Australian actors, «Hacksaw Ridge» is nonetheless a quintessentially American war movie that honors the spirit and values of the U.S. military during one of the most destructive wars in history.

There is evidence that Instructional Design methods existed back in the 1940s, when during WWII members of the military were screened and trained using Instructional Design principles.

School projects are specific to the local area and children have uncovered some fascinating stories: from discovering their school was used as a military hospital during the First World War; to finding out how local women battled for the vote a hundred years ago; to how the mining, fishing or cotton industry shaped their town.

UNESCO's commitment to stand up for the protection of the right to education during conflict has been reaffirmed on several occasions recently, including through the recently released Guidance Note on the Implementation of the Security Council Resolution 1998 («attacks on schools and hospitals»), which calls on Member States to prevent attacks on schools and hospitals, as well as their military use.

Established during World War II, CHS became the new institution for Melbourne High School students as the selective - entry school was used as a military base.

Chicago Mayor Richard M. Daley used the opportunity of the dedication of the nation's first Marine Corps military academy public high school to attack critics of militarization of the Chicago public schools during the 11:00 a.m. dedication ceremony at the former Grant Elementary School at 145 S. Campbell in Chicago today.

Transparencies and overhead projectors, for example, were used for military instruction during World War II but did not enter schools until the late 1950s.

During World War II, the Auto Union plants, including the ones owned by Audi, were used for military purposes.

[citation needed] The ZF «sliding pins and cams» became available, [1] and one example was the Type B - 70 used during the Second World War in the military VWs (Kübelwagen and Schwimmwagen), although technically this was not a limited - slip differential, but a system composed of two freewheels, which sent the whole of the engine power to the slowest - turning of the two wheels.

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These trailers were used during World War II to house factory workers that were manufacturing supplies for the military.

Since ancient Egypt, dogs have been used during times of war and for other military service.

During the World Wars of the 20th century, the Schnauzer was used as a military dog, and it has elsewhere been employed as a guard dog.

A breed created in USSR during the late 1940s and the early 1950s for use as a military / working dog, the Russian black terrier is believed to be a cross of about 17 different breeds.

In fact the Pit Bull was used as America's canine military mascot of the time as seen in such posters as these during wartime.

The American Pit Bull Terrier or «Pit Bull» was America's dog during World War I and their photos were used in military posters.

During her term there she was responsible for taking care of the military dogs used by our brave young men and women in uniform.