Sentences with phrase «of armament»

Oversee health, fitness, welfare, and discipline of a team of 40 soldiers responsible for readiness and operation of an armament of four Howitzer cannons representing over $ 10M in government assets

I'd much rather take on rebels with a slew of armament on a war torn bridge than have to involve myself in another shoddy 3 vs. 1 Lycan battle, in which they run away, charge you, rinse, and repeat, sometimes passing right by you if you enact a kill animation on another Lycan.

Even the seemingly small details of the armament worn by the Dora Milaje, the king's guards led by Danai Gurira's character Okoye, and the accessories worn by Queen Ramonda (Angela Bassett) and other members of the royal court required the big - budget production to turn to someone innovative.

Also according to Wikipedia (same article, in the box on the right, under «Strength»), albeit the Korea war was a U.N. mandate, the U.S. was the main force, providing 326k out of 370k of the allied personnel, or about 90 %, plus they supplied most of the armament; and they appointed the commander of the allied forces.

«I, General de Gaulle, currently in London, invite the officers and the French soldiers who are located in British territory or who might end up here, with their weapons or without their weapons, I invite the engineers and the specialised workers of the armament industries who are located in British territory or who might end up here, to put themselves in contact with me.

The weapons seem to be those of maximum imprecision, and their use in the present state of armament practically guarantees mass destruction, and the possibility of total destruction of human life on this planet.

Book of Armaments, Chapter 2, Verses 9 - 21

Hans Eberhard, who was director of the Armaments Directorate in the German Defense Ministry from 1978 to 1981, says that the «U.S. manufacturers badly wanted a European endorsement for the cruise missile.

As Lemoux states, «Between 1950 and 1975 the U.S. trained 71,651 Latin American military personnel, including eight of the region's current dictators, and in addition supplied 2.5 billion dollars worth of armaments» (Cry, p. 56).

For us, it must start with the vision of a peaceful world, where gradually the production and distribution of armaments gives way to the production and distribution of goods and services that benefit the human race instead of threatening to destroy it, a vision of the rule of law rather than of economic domination, a vision of democracy where people are able to have a real say in what their own future will be, a vision of smallness and community involvement, a vision of cultural pluralism and a diversity of ideas, a vision of leisure spent meeting human needs.

We all know that the costs of armaments amount to as much as the total production and income of the poorer half of humankind.

It produces child and wife abuse, indifference to the poor, the buildup of armaments, divisions between people, and environmental racism.

We as clergy know so very little to speak with authority on the Panama Canal or superiority of armaments.

The bombs launched on Japan in 1945 demonstrated the destructive power of these armaments.

The Commissioner of Police in Imo, Mr Chris Ezike, says the command has recovered 168 guns and 2,323 ammunition during its mop - up of armaments...

«We recognize that the gravest terror threat we face — a nuclear attack made possible by nuclear proliferation — requires a comprehensive strategy for reducing the world's nuclear stockpiles and preventing the spread of those armaments,» it says.

After all, it does you no good to stockpile all of the armaments, then turn undead and leave nothing for your next life.

Nick Jonckheere tells the story of FN, the Belgian manufacturer of armaments, cars and motorcycles, and visits a new foundation that seeks to preserve the firm's history.

In terms of armaments, Red Storm's new Gunsmith system lets players personalise a huge number of real - world and prototype guns, right down to your gas system of choice.

There are slots for 5 different types of armaments which means you're not going to be able to bring your entire arsenal.

Shiny New Toys: Each add - on pack increases the mountain of armaments already at your disposal.

Plus presents under the tree of armaments and big caliber ammunition readies the Titans and pilots for the upcoming multiplayer frenzy in 2014.

The United States authorities have on some occasions clearly stated their grounds for intervening in the affairs of a foreign State for reasons connected with, for example, the domestic policies of that country, its ideology, the level of its armaments, or the direction of its foreign policy.

The school system, which provided crisis training instead of armaments, and Antoinette Tuff, who had highly developed qualities of understanding and respectful human interaction, averted a tragedy.

Not exact matches

Nuclear (/ ˈnukliː.ər /; noo - klee - ar) The energy source — and form of missile armament — is often the victim of mispronunciations, most commonly «nyoo - kyoo - lar.»

While the unlimited range, the quiet and very stealthy nature of these combat vessels makes them incredibly dangerous, it's their armament that plays the biggest part in making them the most lethal killing machines traversing the oceans today.

This fashioning can only be done therefore either by mutual consent or by one person imposing it through force of logic, rhetoric, or military armament.

He asserts emphatically: «The gospel (without in the least slighting any other of the things it preaches) must be interpreted as requiring abolition of the class system, an end of the American bombing of Vietnam and of the wasteful armaments competition, and the obliteration of anachronistic frontiers.»

John Paul achieved victory over a decades - long, vicious and cruel attempt to impose atheism on millions of people: his teaching, his personal courage, and his kindliness, faith and message of hope prevailed over Communism despite the latter having massive armaments, secret police, spies, prisons, and torture equipment at its disposal.

We have heard William Blackstone earlier in this century announcing that new modes of transportation, growing world literacy, pestilence, famine, socialism, accumulating armaments, industrial conflict, spiritualism, Christian Science and biblical criticism were all signs of that spiritual deterioration which heralded the immediate return of Christ.

Janet Reno, the Attorney General of the United States at the time, authorized and ordered the use of UNITED STATES MILITARY FORCES, WITH THEIR MILITARY ASSUALT ARMAMENT, to MURDER seventy - six American men, women and children in their own home in the U.S.....

If there were a more open policy on resettling immigrants to the U.S.A., it would not have to spend billions of dollars on armaments.

«70 Acting on this belief, Wallis led his Sojourners community in over forty public actions during the first six months of 1977, protesting such issues as the use of torture, the proliferation of nuclear armaments, and the government's repressive housing policies.

Editorials encouraged members of the American church to step up giving to missions and expressed confidence that the Western obsession with armaments would ultimately collapse, along with war, «through its own crushing costs, its horrible tragedies, and its merciless defiance of Christian virtue» (October 15, 1914).

However they may be unraveled, the fact remains that there was indeed a transition from the tribal league with its occasional rallies of Israelite peasantry to fight for their freedom to a monarchy with a standing army, career military commanders, up - to - date armaments, the capacity to take and hold new territory.

As the trembling people sweep into the fortified cities, we get glimpses of the enemy and his armaments: a cloud of dust on the horizon, horses swifter than eagles, chariots like the whirlwind (v. 16).

«While the Second Amendment provides the right to keep and bear («carry») arms, it does not necessitate the right to own any armament the mind of man can create.»

If the United States were to be the first to release this new means of indiscriminate destruction upon mankind, she would sacrifice public support throughout the world, precipitate the race for armaments, and prejudice the possibility of reaching an international agreement on the future control of such weapons.

While the state portrayed itself as a peace society that had exterminated the causes of war, capitalism and fascism and opposed NATO armaments, the church spoke of the priority of peace in personal and interpersonal life because God has reconciled the world through Jesus Christ.

One school of thought holds that the possibility of disarmament is predicated upon the preceding or at least simultaneous settlement of outstanding political issues that have given rise to the armaments race in the first place, and that the threat of nuclear war has not materially affected this perennial functional dependence of disarmament upon a political settlement.

Conflicts in the Muslim World today, while occupying significant news time, A) pale in comparison to what non-Muslims have done in this past century and B) are mostly the result of secular governments in the Muslim World vying for power and resources C) often backed by non-Muslim armaments and vested interests.

The faith - group programs, representing Protestant, Catholics, and Jews, have consistently provided documentaries, dramas, and discussions which dealt with issues almost never touched by commercial broadcasting: the economic factors behind nuclear armaments; the issues behind draft evasion (during the Vietnam War); the real causes of worldwide starvation; and the problems of people who are ignored almost completely by the media, such as the aging who can not live on their pensions, unwed mothers, farm workers who have no homes, undocumented aliens whom we wish to employ but not pay, and refugees we are sending back to certain death in their own countries.

«But when someone stronger than he is, comes against him and conquers him, he takes away his full armament in which he was trusting, and he divides out the things he despoiled of him.»

The churches at this point have a great responsibility not to advocate over-all idealistic solutions but to emphasize the distinctively Christian message that is relevant to these issues, to help their members to see the world without the characteristic American ideological blinders, to challenge many of the prevailing assumptions about the cold war and nuclear armaments, and to encourage the debate on public questions about which most people prefer to be silent.

He asks: «Is it the will of God that resources be used for massive armaments which could otherwise be used to alleviate human suffering and hunger?»

Especially important in supplying such information are books, magazines, newspapers, radio, and television, through which the public can best be kept continually abreast of developments and possibilities both in weapons technology and in efforts toward armament reduction and control, and can be made aware of the nature and scope of the peril in which the world stands so long as war remains the ultimate resort in the settlement of international differences.

Yet the terrific economic drain of military expenditures, pre-empting about three fourths of all money paid for taxes, the psychological strains of conscription of youth for military service, and the perils to democracy of a militarized public mind require unremitting effort to lift the armaments burden.

In the resolutions adopted by the Evanston Assembly there is stated as one of the «two conditions of crucial importance which must be met, if catastrophe is to be averted»: «The prohibition of all weapons of mass destruction; including atomic and hydrogen bombs, with provision for international inspection and control, such as would safeguard the security of all nations, together with the drastic reduction of all other armaments.

Simply by living as a citizen of a State that maintains gigantic armaments, to say nothing of paying taxes to that State, one makes concessions to the use of military force.

At the risk of oversimplification, the incorporation debate has enlisted three warring factions, each supported by diverse academic armament.