Sentences with phrase «naval bases»

We're lucky to have two large naval bases and a huge medical industry in the area, which help create a positive job market for Jacksonville.

According to Military Services, company representatives traveled to naval bases outside the area and interviewed naval officers being transferred to Virginia Beach.

Norfolk, with all those naval bases is toast, and so yeah, maybe the Mall in DC can be defended, but otherwise?

As but one example, consider our naval bases and shipyards.

Hilton Norfolk the Main adds to the revitalisation of Norfolk - one of the most iconic naval bases in the US with a burgeoning foodie and art scene at the cornerstone of the city's modern - day renaissance.

The northern islands (San Miguel, Santa Rosa and Santa Cruz) have significant areas dominated by non-native plant species, such as annual grasses and iceplant, whereas the southern islands (Santa Catalina, San Clemente and San Nicolas) have greater development impacts such as the naval bases and the town of Avalon.

The Pentagon itself has described climate change as an «immediate» risk and major threat multiplier, one that could cause crops to fail, spark mass migrations and increase conflict for dwindling water resources (to say nothing of the threat sea level rise poses to U.S. naval bases around the world).

Under the Obama administration, climate change has been on the Department of Defense's radar from how it affects national security to how military installations around the world should prepare for climate impacts, like sea level rise at naval bases, melting permafrost in the Arctic and more extreme rainfall events around the world.

Military bases for military ships are called naval bases.

«The most encouraging part of the successful defense of Beersheva and Ashdod,» Rubin said, «is that it is possible to well protect air force and naval bases and maintain the IDF's attack capability in the face of an onslaught from Syria, Lebanon and the Gaza strip.

It is part of what is called the String of Pearls, a plan for eight naval bases to control trade throughout that part of the world and coerce western nations into favorable terms to access those markets.

Jacksonville Economy Growth A Growing Economy The city is the largest in Florida whose economy is anchored by the naval bases in Jacksonville, the third largest military installatio...

A leader of Yemen's Houthis and a member of the group's delegation to the talks in Kuwait, Mehdi Mashat, on Sunday has slammed the Iranian Chief of Staff, Major General Mohammad Bagheri over remarks published Sunday about Iran's desire to establish naval bases in Yemen and Syria.

And, at the end of March, Russia announced intentions to deploy missiles and possibly construct naval bases on the Kuril Islands under its control, further militarizing the Sea of Okhotsk.

Russia has also moved its warships out of a naval base in Syria out of concern for their safety after Trump threatened strikes.

Indian and Western diplomats «are convinced that Hambantota will end up becoming a Chinese military and naval base, or another Djibouti,» the Observer Research Foundation, an Indian think tank, said in an October report.

Last November, Modi's team inked a pact with Singapore that may boost Indian access to that country's Changi naval base.

There were ideas for lobbing mortars into Guantanamo naval base, in addition to blowing up some of the aircraft or ammunition there.

Carnegie Wave Energy has switched on its innovative CETO power plant, which will provide renewable electricity to the HMAS Stirling naval base on Garden Island.

President Obama has said he still hopes to close the prison, located in an isolated corner of the 45 - square - mile naval base that overlooks Guantanamo Bay in southeastern Cuba, by the time he leaves office.

Thursday is the 76th anniversary of the attack on Pearl Harbor, a Japanese assault on a US naval base that resulted in the deaths of 2,402 Americans, numerous injuries, and the sinking of four battleships.

It's worth noting, as CBS points out, that Syria hosts Russia's only naval base on the Mediterranean Sea.

Just a stone's throw from an active naval base, the area offers the largest shopping complex between Seattle and Tacoma, gorgeous waterfronts, and award - winning breweries.

At its peak, the prison at the U.S. naval base in Cuba housed nearly 800 prisoners, becoming a symbol of the excesses of the «war on terror» and synonymous with criticism of detention without trial and accusations of torture.

The two projects are: Treasure Island, an island in San Francisco Bay made from landfill that was a naval base; and Hunter's Point, an area near sports stadium Candlestick Park.

There have also been occasional naval visits as Canadian ships en - route to deployment in the Gulf stopped off to show the flag in Shanghai and other Chinese ports and PLA navy ships have made sporadic visits to Canada's west coast naval base at Esquimalt, BC.

It is pushing for a similar agreement in Myanmar and just opened an actual Chinese naval base in Djibouti.

At the naval base in Norfolk, Virginia, he fell in love with an older woman and was convicted of shooting her husband.

Early signs have been troubling, as when a Moscow Patriarchate priest tried to take possession of a Kyivan Patriarchate church on a naval base that the Ukrainians abandoned.

He takes Russia's feeling of insecurity, and its fears of the loss of historic trophies such as the Sevastopol naval base in Crimea, at face value.

Geo - politically, regime change in Syria would deny Russia the only Mediterranean naval base they currently have.

They are trying to deny Russia a strategic naval base in the Mediterranean sea.

There is also a naval base in Tartous.

In a speech at a naval base in Plymouth, Tony Blair emphasised the need for Britain to continue to play a role in international military engagements and rejected the idea that the UK should stand aside on the world stage.

CND vice-president Dr Rebecca Johnson — who stood for the Greens at the last election and has taken part in the blockading of the Faslane naval base near Glasgow - will be in Parliament this afternoon to make the case against nuclear weapons.

Speaking to Andrew Marr on the morning after his address to the SNP conference, Mr Salmond dismissed any proposal to lease - back the naval base.

And of course there is defence and fears that the Devonport naval base will be further reduced; since 2010 the Tories have not put the money where their mouth is.

Politics: Plymouth Moor View is the successor to Plymouth Devonport, renamed in 2010 after boundary changes removed the Devonport council ward and the naval base within it.

There's a strange superposition of an exotic island paradise and a touristed town that is either falling apart or not quite built, not to mention the naval base that occupies a good part of the coast near the town and the posting advertising the local «armada.»

Tolson became interested in research possibilities on the naval base even before he was a scientist.

Says Tolson: «When you're up in the Cuzco Hills [pictured here], you'd never be aware a naval base exists here.

«We were the first entomologists to have ever visited [the naval base for research],» Droege says.

Tolson says that hutias are eaten in Cuba; thus, they are difficult to study anywhere other than the naval base.

At night, Tammar wallabies living on a naval base faced 10 times the light intensity of peers in the bush.

His journey to Midway Atoll, a former naval base that is now a rarely visited refuge, is aimed at sending a hopeful message.

The Empire of Japan's attack on the U.S. naval base in Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, killed 2,403 U.S. personnel, destroyed 169 aircraft and sunk 19 ships.

And if you're wondering what that noise was in the background throughout the podcast, I'm actually on vacation on the beach right now and am staying next to the world's largest naval base in Virginia Beach.

Toulon is a city in southern France and a large military harbor on the Mediterranean coast, with a major French naval base.

Through Foley's guidance — and an unexpected romance with Paula (Debra Winger), an outsider who hangs around the naval base — Zack learns some tough lessons and discovers what he truly wants out of life.

The guided - missile destroyer USS John S. McCain is moored pier side at Changi naval base in Singapore.