Sentences with phrase «of army officials»

That's when thousands of people voiced their support of Fort Drum soldiers in front of Army officials.

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China's Chengdu J - 20 stealth fighter has just officially entered active service with the People's Liberation Army Air Force (PLAAF): «China's latest J - 20 stealth fighter has been officially commissioned into military service, Ministry of National Defense spokesperson Wu Qian told global media in a September 28, 2017 press release on the Xinhua.net and the official state defense media website.

State officials on Monday ordered them to leave the snowy camp, which is on U.S. Army Corps of Engineers land, citing harsh weather, but on Wednesday they said they would not enforce the order.

The Army and Air Force wanted a two - year delay to further study the issue, said the officials, who were not authorized to talk about the internal discussion publicly and spoke on condition of anonymity.

Citing anonymous government officials, the New York Times is reporting that federal prosecutors with the FBI and the Department of Justice have recommended that Petraeus be charged with a felony for providing classified information to his mistress and biographer, Paula Broadwell, who was also an Army Reserve officer.

The Army's expedited APS effort is being managed by a coordinated team of Tank Automotive Research, Development & Engineering Center engineers, acquisition professionals, and industry; it is intended to assess current APS state - of - the art by installing and characterizing some existing non-developmental APS systems on Army combat vehicles, Army officials said.

The Army has purchased an emerging technology for Abrams tanks, Bradleys and Strykers designed to give combat vehicles an opportunity identify, track and destroy approaching enemy rocket - propelled grenades in a matter of milliseconds, service officials said.

Separately, the official Twitter account for the 82nd Airborne Division, one of the US Army's renowned infantry units, addressed an unrelated image of a man who wore a hat bearing the division's emblem while rendering what appeared to be a KKK salute.

Because tiger stripe was not official Army issue, units contracted local tailors to produce the uniforms, leading to a lot of variation.

After completing his secondment with Australian army units in Perth and Sydney, he will undertake an official tour of New Zealand from May 9 to 16.

Citing US officials, the newspaper said the classified assessment also found that only about half of the Iraqi army's units are capable enough to be worth advising by American troops.

The 9th Dialogue was held in Singapore last week (4 - 6 June, 2010) with defence officials from 28 countries attending, including the US Secretary of Defence Robert Gates, the Deputy Chief of the Peoples» Liberation Army (PLA) of China, the National Security Adviser of India...

The four - member Commonwealth Ministerial Action Group, led by Foreign Affairs Minister Lloyd Axworthy, met with Pakistan's army ruler Pervaiz Musharraf, the Chief Justice of Pakistan, and other political leaders and government officials as they assessed the political situation in the country.

The views expressed are my own and do not reflect the official policy or position of the United States Army, Department of Defense, or the U.S. Government.»

«The five of them being in the back of a car being transferred and a car being stopped, surrounded by, Josh described, 35 Pakistani Army officials,» Patrick Boyle said.

The treatment of people outside Christianity was even worse, such as our treatment of «pagans» who refused to convert to Christianity after it became the official religion of the Roman Empire, or the Jews during most of Christian history, or other religious groups in Germany and Great Britain who were slaughtered and enslaved by invading Christian armies, or the enslavement of Native Americans and Africans by imperialistic Christian settlers of the «New World.»

Consider again the case of the United States Catholic bishops, this time in their official opposition to the use of armed force to eject Iraq from Kuwait after Saddam Hussein's army had aggressively annexed that country in 1990.

He got along well with the despised customs officials (whom we probably translate inadequately as «tax collectors,» not to say «publicans») and the equally unwelcome centurion of the Roman army of occupation stationed at Capharnaum, who implored Jesus to heal his boy, pointing out that Jesus could do it by just giving a command without even having to profane himself by entering a gentile house.

Patrick's real name is thought to have been Maewyn Succat and he is believed to have been from either Scotland or Wales, son of a Roman - British army official.

She is always heading off somewhere: striking out on British Army or scientific expeditions to remote portions of the Belizean jungles; roaring up the Western Highway to Belmopan, the capital city, where her opinions are solicited with frequency by government ministers (she is now an official — albeit unpaid — land and resources adviser); or careering into Belize City, the country's population center, for a high - society cocktail party.

The towns offer other attractions, such as the Cantigny Museums and Gardens, in Wheaton, a vivid tribute to veterans (the museums are the official repository for the 1st Division of the Army) surrounded by lush gardens; and the picturesque, 10 - acre Lake Ellyn in Glen Ellyn, which residents use for fishing and ice skating.

Residents and environmentalists argued that the development would destroy valuable oak savannahs, high quality wetlands and wildlife - a concern recently echoed by officials from the Army Corps of Engineers, village officials said.

Park District officials said that several years of upkeep on the area were required by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers as a condition of their permits.

The site is also the subject of an anticipated $ 7.7 million Great Lakes Fishery and Ecosystem Restoration project, focusing on the shoreline and spearheaded by the Army Corps of Engineers, which expects to fund $ 5 million of the work along with nearly $ 2.7 million from the Park District, officials said.

State officials will ask the Army Corps of Engineers to reopen a project to protect Asharoken that was abandoned earlier this year when federal and local officials couldn't agree on terms, Rep. Thomas Suozzi said.

Cuomo was invited on the trip by US Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel, and is also joined by Under Secretary of the Army Brad Carson, Tennesee Gov. William Haslam, Missouri Gov. Jeremiah Nixon, Nevada Gov. Brian Sandoval and other DoD officials.

We still have United Nations Army Vans and Tanks in Ghana and have some of their officials stationed here.

De Blasio — who has resisted including the «Fair Fares» (city - funded half - priced Metro Cards) measure in his budget — was massively outnumbered by an army of city elected officials, district attorneys and labor leaders who called on him to pony up $ 212 million for it in his executive budget.

The site's raison d'être is to highlight incumbent Democratic Senator Barbara Boxer's upbraiding of an Army general for repeatedly referring to her by the female honorific rather than as «Senator» during a hearing — pretty thin gruel for a scandal, though not Boxer's best moment as an elected official.

Last month, the board caused a furor when it released — over the objection of NYPD officials and hundreds of thousands of members of the public — Herman Bell, a reputed Black Liberation Army member who was Bottom's accomplice in the killing of the two cops.

«Another police official told reporters that a lorry load of elderly Sikhs who surrendered on the first day of the military operation, were brought to the main city police station and tortured there by the army.

Chief of Army Staff, Lieutenant General Tukur Buratai, has revealed how he sacked his domestic driver over confrontation with officials of the Federal Road Safety Corps...

WEST POINT, N.Y. (AP)-- Two members of Congress from New York are pressing Army officials to rename the U.S. Military Academy barracks named for Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee.

He said in the process of conducting the operations in Taraba State, concerns were raised by some government officials and very senior citizens of the State on the approach of the Nigerian Army.

With a «heavy heart,» Vice President Bawumia was at the Arakan Officers» Mess at Burma Camp in Accra together with some army chiefs and government officials to console the family of the late soldier yesterday.

«Priority number one is the construction of the seawall and the protection it provides Staten Island,» said Borough President James Oddo, who has been meeting with Army Corps, city and state officials regularly on the project and any potential impacts.

«This victory would not be possible without the support of my family, Governor Cuomo, Senate Democratic Leader Andrea Stewart - Cousins, County Executive George Latimer, elected officials across the state, my brothers and sisters in labor, advocates, all the Indivisibles of Westchester, and the hard work of my army of dedicated volunteers and talented campaign team.

«The barricade was obviously a deliberate attempt to assassinate the Chief of Army Staff and members of his entourage while on a legitimate official assignment as Special Guest of Honour at the passing out parade which has earlier been widely publicized.

In a statement on its official Facebook page, the Nigerian Army said, «The attention of the 1 Division Nigerian Army has been drawn to a Twitter message, report in mass and social media of alleged involvement of military personnel in the demolition of a politician's property by KASUPDA in Kaduna, Kaduna State.

DEATH ON THE STREETS OF CAIRO: Top Egyptian security officials defended army and police actions in the clashes on Monday in Cairo that led to the deaths of more than 50 people, saying they were defending the Republican Guard headquarters against attackerOF CAIRO: Top Egyptian security officials defended army and police actions in the clashes on Monday in Cairo that led to the deaths of more than 50 people, saying they were defending the Republican Guard headquarters against attackerof more than 50 people, saying they were defending the Republican Guard headquarters against attackers.

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At 7:30 p.m., Sen. Todd Kaminsky, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, City of Long Beach officials, the DEC and others present the first of two informational forums on their plans to storm harden the Barrier Island's beaches, Bishop Molly Recreational Center, Point Lookout, Long Island.

An Englishman's home is supposed to be his castle - so why has the coalition failed so miserably to defeat the small army of council officials who are legally entitled to invade yours?

Officials in Long Beach are urging the Army Corps of Engineers to speed up a key dune project so that it won't interfere with the summer beach season.

According to a statement by the Director of the group, Professor Ishaq Akintola, said although the P resident was represented by a high - ranking Nigerian official, «the way and manner the Nigerian Army made the president's movement public ahead of the time in a zone that is yet to become completely secure» was commendable.

Officials at Fort Drum say they're shutting down two of the Army post's wells after low levels of perfluorinated chemicals were detected in the water.

The only difference is that in this case, the definition of what specifically constitutes an enemy combatant is shifting away from early - 20th - century idea of a uniformed member of an official state army, to include asymmetric warfare guerrilla fighters and their leaders despite not being associated with a specific officially recognized state.

They include the small army of deputy officials, top aides and political allies who have ascended in the de Blasio era, ready to march out and wage his battles.

Officials from Western New York and the House members who represent them met with representatives from the Federal Emergency Management Agency and the Army Corps of Engineers, with both short term and long term relief in mind.

And then a «listening session» where high - level officials from the Army heard from members of the community about what Fort Drum means to the North Country.