Sentences with phrase «of army units»

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HAWESVILLE, Ky. — When Bill Hughes went to fight in Iraq in 2003, members of his Army unit lined their vehicles with scrap metal, sandbags and bulletproof vests to protect themselves from roadside bombs.

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A couple weeks later, for Orthodox Christmas (which falls in early January), Austro - Hungarian gunners returned the favor, shelling enemy positions «to disturb their Christmas as they disturbed ours,» as one unit diary of the Austro - Hungarian 3rd Army noted.

The founders of the Zetas were defectors from the Mexican Army's Airborne Special Forces Group (Grupo Aeromóvil de Fuerzas Especiales - GAFES), a US - trained unit considered one of the most elite in the region.

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.

That unit topped the roughly 34,000 rounds fired in support of the invasion of Iraq, and it fired a little over half of the more than 60,000 rounds fired by the over 730 howitzers the Army and Marines used to support Operation Desert Storm, according to historical records seen by Marine Corps Times.

A major area hospital is working in one unit as it ramps up a fundraising drive, cramming it with an army of envelope stuffers.

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.

(One answer to that question could be a mix of twelve Iraqi army and peshmerga brigades reequipped and retrained as planned by the United States, along with Sunni Arab national guard elements and a more aggressive U.S. forward ground presence involving Joint Terminal Attack Controllers and unit advisors; limited American ground troops might be needed to augment such a local force, however.)

News of her firing comes on the same day that Zimbabwe's 93 year - old Robert Mugabe, the last of the generation of African leaders to take over from colonial rule, has had his hold on power broken by army units loyal to his former bodyguard Emmerson Mnangagwa.

Known as the Goldstars, their Tonka's tail fin was painted with the Gold Star of India, in recognition of them being the first operational military unit in Indian skies supporting the army in dealing with tribal unrest, hence their motto «First in Indian Skies.»

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.

Jamie Gray, wife of U.S. Army Marksmanship Unit shooter Staff Sgt. Hank Gray, bites her Olympic gold medal after winning the women's 50 - meter rifle 3 - positions event, Aug. 4, 2012, at the Royal Artillery Barracks range in London.

A series of exercises on Joint Base Elmendorf - Richardson has drawn participants from an Army unit in Fairbanks, as gunners in the unit's high - speed personnel carriers train with their weapons.

Rows and rows of nondescript units are lined up like barracks at an army base.

The memories of a dozen American soldiers, interviewed by the Associated Press and the persistence of two national councils of churches — Korean and American — have brought to light one of the few documented intentional killings of civilians by an American army unit.

Israeli children as a matter of policy remain with the same classmates from kindergarten through high school, and go into the army together and usually remain there together in the same unit (some experts ascribe the disproportionate military effectiveness of Israel's army to this practice).

One of my favorite stories was her best friend (and friend of her husbands) in the army overseas in the Gulf war... Every time the left the armored personal carrier they would routinely have one person of each religion to a quick (and private) prayer for everyone... and even asked the pagan / wiccian of the unit to «work your magic»

As a member of a top - priority Army reserve unit, he was obliged to attend regular meetings in Pasadena, Texas, which prevented him from becoming part of the starting rotation.

They were to come up with a specific plan that could meet the needs of the army, unit, mission, and soldier.

About 25 % of North Korea's population is in either an active duty role or a reserve / paramilitary role in the Korean People's Army, and North Korea has mandatory universal conscription for men and selective conscription for women at age 17, in addition to paramilitary units incorporated into high schools and colleges.

National Guards and other units, as part of the Army, are outside the control of civilian agencies and are activated following their own chains of command.

The repression in Midnapore was particularly severe, and included «house - burnings, seizures of property, insults, rapes, beatings, torture and illegal detention, all heaped on the rebels by ordinary police, by Intelligence Branch police forces and by army units stationed in camps all over the district after September 1942.»

The Mali army contains many northerners, and concerns have been expressed about the loyalty of some of its units if they were to be deployed against the rebels.

The army is small but reasonably well trained — they have enjoyed the support of the Americans over recent years, and a majority of their senior officers have had training in the USA or alongside US units in West Africa.

«The major findings of the Investigation Panel were as follows: There was no collusion on the part of the Nigerian Army and units operating in Taraba State with any bandit (s) as stated by Lieutenant General TY Danjuma (Retired).

Various units of the Army have advanced deep into the forest clearing most of the camps therein, rescuing persons held captive, arresting some terrorists and destroying most of their weapons and equipment.

Another soldier, Cpl Famoroti Femi, of the 119 Task Force battalion, in his trench at the unit's temporary harbour in Kangarwa, on Thursday July 6, 2016 wrote a short letter to his fellow countrymen, urging them to support President Buhari's drive to end insurgency and to cooperate with the Chief of Army Staff to defeat the insurgents.

Now a retired colonel in the Army Reserve, Brown was deployed to Iraq for about 10 months in 2004 and 2005 with a civil affairs unit and ended up as an adviser to the Iraqi ministry of displacement and migration, working in tandem with the Red Crescent and United Nations agencies on refugee and resettlement problems.

Stefanik's district includes Fort Drum near Watertown, where the 10th Mountain Division is the most deployed unit in the Army and thousands of soldiers have served over the last decade in Iraq and Afghanistan.

«In all the formations, units and Army schools in 82 Division that we visited, one thing appears consistent and recurrent, and that is, the ongoing building and renovation of officers» and soldiers» living accommodation.

Over 1,600 soldiers with the 2nd Brigade Combat Team will do one of three things in southern Afghanistan: One, protect U.S. forces on bases; two, serve as staff with the Train Advise Assist Command unit; or three advise the Afghan National Army and police.

The source, who spoke to The PUNCH on Thursday, said the 21 girls were discovered by troops of the 21 Brigade of the Nigerian Army, which supervises the military units in Banki, Borno State, while they were filing out of the forest.

Private Smith's devotion to duty and personal courage were in keeping with the highest traditions of the military service and reflect great credit upon himself, his unit, and the United States Army.»

Towards this end, various units of the Army's Special Forces have advanced deep into the forest clearing most of the camps therein, rescuing scores of persons held captive, arresting some terrorists and destroying most of their weapons and equipment.

Army Sergeant Edward H. Bolen died of wounds sustained when his unit was attacked by direct fire and an improvised explosive device while on dismounted patrol.

Giving details of the new division, acting Director, Army Public relations, Col Sani Usman said, the division was recently approved in the Nigerian Army order of battle (ORBAT) that created new formations and units, and other establishments such as 6 division, 8 division, 16 Brigade and some battalions.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2008/feb/11/colombia.humanrights «Anger at minister's photo with Colombian army unit linked to trade unionist killings · Picture of official visit posted on FO website»

Instead, Keller took advantage of a mid-1960s program to produce better - educated cops by paying tuition costs in exchange for a commitment to work in law enforcement (Keller would fulfill his desire for military service a decade later when he enlisted in the Army Reserve and spent the next 20 years serving part - time with an elite Special Forces unit on training missions in Europe and Latin America).

The Chief of Army Staff Lt. General Tukur Yusuf Buratai, as usual, has graciously funded units, formations and Nigerian Army training institutions across the nation to dramatically conduct this tradition.

What's undisputed is that Fort Drum's 10th Mountain Division - one of the most deployed units in the Armed Forces - is already in the process of reducing its force, and will likely have some level of additional cutbacks in the next round of Army budget cuts.

The year 2016 study period and media workshop which is part of the training schedule of the Nigerian Army promises to be more interesting and beneficial as we have some Commanding Officers of units located in the North East and other parts of the country as participants.

Army Sergeant Michael F. Paranzino died of wounds he suffered when insurgents attacked his unit with an improvised explosive device.

«I am confident the 10th Mountain Division is exactly the kind of unit that the Army wants to be the new standard for all of our armed forces: highly - trained, nimble, and rapidly deployable,» Schumer said.

It controls Army aviation units in New York and supplied 10 of its 20 Blackhawk helicopters to the Kuwait mission.

Meanwhile, Gov. Andrew Cuomo is sending units of the New York Army and Air National Guard to assist in the response to the storm.

The Army is setting up six of these units, which are charged with advising and assisting partner nations in the development of their security forces.

Schumer said he told Carter that he considers «the 10th Mountain Division to be exactly the kind of tactical unit the Army needs, and that preserving Fort Drum is at the very top of my priority list, and Secretary Carter assured me that it was at his, too.»

Brig. Gen. Malcolm Frost, the Army's chief of public affairs, told those at the June summit in Washington that a decision on what units to eliminate or cut will likely be announced in July.