Sentences with phrase «of armed combat»

But as one of those anti-war, «let's all just get along» hippy types, i'll always have a soft spot for games that look at the human cost of armed combat.

T'Challa being a royal descendent of a warrior race is also a master of armed combat, able to use a variety of weapons but prefers unarmed combat.

Funny, heart - wrenching, nail - biting, caustic and profound, touting the futility of armed combat while turning imprisonment and escape into a microcosm for society's aspirations and contradictions.

Not exact matches

BAE recently showed off a prototype of an armed robotic combat vehicle, or ARCV, at the United States Army's Global Force Symposium in Huntsville, Alabama.

The idea is to arm armored combat vehicles and tactical wheeled vehicles with additional protective technology to secure platforms and soldiers from enemy fire; vehicles slated for use of APS systems are infantry fighting vehicles such as Bradleys along with Stykers, Abrams tanks and even tactical vehicles such as transport trucks and the emerging Humvee replacement, the Joint Light Tactical Vehicle.

Scholars of the doctrine point out that, when appropriately used, armed combat aims to bring about a peaceful and just social order for both sides of the conflict.

The social ills Brooks suggests we address are worsened by the aggressions of our opponents; they can not be combatted if we lay down our arms.

The only exception to this is the use of arms in response to an attack under way or immediately offered, but even this allowance disappears when public authority is at hand to combat this evil.

The genius of Newman's idea is that Mary comes to symbolise not only the faith of the unlearned, but of the Doctors of the Church also, who need «to investigate, and weigh, and define, as well as to profess the Gospel; to draw the line between truth and heresy; to anticipate or remedy the various aberrations of wrong reason; to combat pride and recklessness with one's own arms; and thus to triumph over the sophist and the innovator.»

A gentleman at Brussels had his nose mowed off in a combat, but the celebrated surgeon Tagliacozzus digged a new nose for him out of the skin of the arm of a porter at Bologna.

The US armed forces, apart from infantry under combat conditions, had the luxury of full rations, while Japanese troops were often forced to live off the land.

Dan - Ali noted that the passing out of another set of officers to the Nigerian Army came at a period when the country was consolidating on the gains of counter-insurgency operation, adding that «the Nigerian Armed Forces, as you are aware, have been involved in an extensive combat against insurgency and terrorist groups.

The cease - fire formalizes the end of combat activities between state forces and the FARC, formally known as the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia — and all hostilities against civilians.

The source cited notes... «there can be other non-combatant members of the armed forces... Germany... «persons who are members of the armed forces but do not have any combat mission, such as judges, government officials and blue - collar workers, are non-combatants».

It is difficult for me to parse the sentence in Geneva -4-A3, but SCOTUS in the Hamdan decision seems to believe that the phrase «those placed in hors de combat by -LSB-...] detention» is a modifier of «persons taking no active part» and not a modifier of «members of armed forces», because SCOTUS held that this Article applies to Osama bin Laden's driver, who was detained in Camp X-ray.

However, it appears that the United States spends much more of its government funding on its armed forces than its space program housed at NASA, so it may happen sooner if a majority of those resources were directed to this space combat program.

That this House notes that ISIL poses a direct threat to the United Kingdom; welcomes United Nations Security Council Resolution 2249 which determines that ISIL constitutes an «unprecedented threat to international peace and security» and calls on states to take «all necessary measures» to prevent terrorist acts by ISIL and to «eradicate the safe haven they have established over significant parts of Iraq and Syria»; further notes the clear legal basis to defend the UK and our allies in accordance with the UN Charter; notes that military action against ISIL is only one component of a broader strategy to bring peace and stability to Syria; welcomes the renewed impetus behind the Vienna talks on a ceasefire and political settlement; welcomes the Government's continuing commitment to providing humanitarian support to Syrian refugees; underlines the importance of planning for post-conflict stabilisation and reconstruction in Syria; welcomes the Government's continued determination to cut ISIL's sources of finance, fighters and weapons; notes the requests from France, the US and regional allies for UK military assistance; acknowledges the importance of seeking to avoid civilian casualties, using the UK's particular capabilities; notes the Government will not deploy UK troops in ground combat operations; welcomes the Government's commitment to provide quarterly progress reports to the House; and accordingly supports Her Majesty's Government in taking military action, specifically airstrikes, exclusively against ISIL in Syria; and offers its wholehearted support to Her Majesty's Armed Forces.

In 2002, at a cost of $ 168m and at a project run - time of almost 15 years, a German project to build a combat UAV — an armed drone «able to autonomously find, identify and attack enemy tank units, command posts and helicopters in a distance of up to 150 km — was cancelled.

«In order to sustain the tempo of the counter insurgency operation in the North East, the present administration had recently procured modern equipment to enhance the combat effectiveness of our armed forces.

«As both the General Manager of The AUD and a Combat - Disabled Veteran of our Great Armed Forces, I am happy to be involved with the great upgrades to our Memorial Auditorium,» GM of the venue Rick Redmond expressed.

«That this house notes that ISIL poses a direct threat to the United Kingdom; welcomes United Nations Security Council Resolution 2249 which determines that ISIL constitutes an «unprecedented threat to international peace and security» and calls on states to take «all necessary measures» to prevent terrorist acts by ISIL and to «eradicate the safe haven they have established over significant parts of Iraq and Syria»; further notes the clear legal basis to defend the UK and our allies in accordance with the UN Charter; notes that military action against ISIL is only one component of a broader strategy to bring peace and stability to Syria; welcomes the renewed impetus behind the Vienna talks on a ceasefire and political settlement; welcomes the Government's continuing commitment to providing humanitarian support to Syrian refugees; underlines the importance of planning for post-conflict stabilisation and reconstruction in Syria; welcomes the Government's continued determination to cut ISIL's sources of finance, fighters, and weapons; notes the requests from France, the US and regional allies for UK military assistance; acknowledges the importance of seeking to avoid civilian causalities; using the UK's particular capabilities; notes the Government's will not deploy UK troops in ground combat operations; welcomes the Government's commitment to provide quarterly progress reports to the House; and accordingly supports Her Majesty's Government in taking military action, specifically airstrikes, exclusively against ISIL in Syria; and offers its wholehearted support to Her Majesty's Armed Forces.»

All States may participate in and permit, provided that the Security Council decides in advance on a case - by - case basis to approve: the supply, sale or transfer directly or indirectly from or through their territories, or by their nationals or individuals subject to their jurisdiction, or using their flag vessels or aircraft, and whether or not originating in their territories, to Iran, or for the use in or benefit of Iran, of any battle tanks, armoured combat vehicles, large caliber artillery systems, combat aircraft, attack helicopters, warships, missiles or missile systems, as defined for the purpose of the United Nations Register of Conventional Arms, or related materiel, including spare parts, and the provision to Iran by their nationals or from or through their territories of technical training, financial resources or services, advice, other services or assistance related to the supply, sale, transfer, manufacture, maintenance, or use of arms and related materiel described in this subparagrArms, or related materiel, including spare parts, and the provision to Iran by their nationals or from or through their territories of technical training, financial resources or services, advice, other services or assistance related to the supply, sale, transfer, manufacture, maintenance, or use of arms and related materiel described in this subparagrarms and related materiel described in this subparagraph.

In testimony last week before the House Armed Services Committee, Army Secretary John McHugh — who represented Stefanik's district in Congress between 1993 and 2009 — and Army Chief of Staff Gen. Raymond Odierno warned that drastic funding cuts could harm the Army's ability to meet its most basic combat goals.

Ayotte, a member of the Senate Armed Services Committee, also introduced legislation this week with Sen. Patty Murray, D - Washington, to combat sexual assault.

«As the mayor mentioned, I have over 900 very dedicated officers in this department, many of whom do double duty, and they serve as active duty members of the U.S. Military in combat, something the senator has never seen,» he said, referring to Cruz's lack of experience in the U.S. Armed Forces.

The Governor also commended the Federal Government of Nigeria for its continuous efforts at ensuring that the Armed Forces of Nigeria are well equipped to combat the nation's security challenges.

Armed Forces on alert over militancy in Niger Delta — CDS Chief of Defence Staff, Gen. Abayomi Olonishakin, has said that troops have been placed on high alert to combat any militant attack in the Niger Delta especially on oil and gas platforms.

Members of the UK armed forces are significantly more likely than civilians to commit a violent offence during their lifetime — and the risk for those who have experienced action on the battlefield is 53 per cent higher than for military personnel with no combat experience.

A second study showed that training in realistic environments, including practiced encounters with armed - opponent actors in buildings and streets, improved their shooting accuracy under stress Similarly, trials with 66 of the officers revealed that those who trained weekly on their own in a combat sport such as karate or kickboxing performed better under high - anxiety fights than those with no additional training, although both groups suffered performance decreases when conditions shifted from low to high anxiety.

(Prior to combat, the veterans had completed the Armed Forces Qualifications Test, which included measures of intelligence that provided a baseline for the new analysis.)

«This study supports the positive direction being taken by the expansion of women's occupations into combat arms roles, and suggests continued support from the [Department of Defense] for women seeking occupational equality in the military setting,» write the authors.

«With the majority of new HIV infections occurring in the developing world, we have to arm physicians in these regions with all the tools they need to combat the virus,» said Joel Gallant, MD, MPH, associate director of the Johns Hopkins AIDS Service at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine and co-editor of the text.

One particular project that I am very proud of is development of an approach to reduce damage to the eyes of Members of the Armed Forces who encounter blast trauma injuries in the combat theater, a project supported by the US Army.

But a new mouse study out of the Washington University School of Medicine (WUSM) shows that a natural sugar called trehalose can actually arm the immune system with more of the machinery it needs to combat atherosclerosis, a dangerous condition in which plaque build up hardens and narrows the arteries.

But a new mouse study shows that a natural sugar called trehalose can actually arm the immune system with more of the machinery it needs to combat atherosclerosis, a dangerous condition in which plaque build up hardens and narrows the arteries.

To combat the overtraining of the delts and arms, the structure of the training protocol that I use, looks like this:

Playing Diablo 3, World Of Warcraft, GW2, HS, Overwatch, Skyrim, Dragon Age, CS Go, Combat Arms, Doom, Battlefield 1, Call Of Duty, GTA 5 etc...

Ultimately, ARMS doesn't really offer the sort of depth and mastery of the combat that games like Street Fighter, Tekken, and even Super Smash Bros., to a lesser extent, making repeat plays of matches and different game modes somewhat underwhelming — you're not honing your skills here, like you might do in other fighting games.

Jimmy is surrounded by other perfect archetypes: His brother Clyde (Adam Driver) is a veteran of the Iraq War who had his lower left arm blown off in combat, and now struggles to get by as a bartender at the local watering hole off the highway.

With the biggest amount of ease, Solid Snake professionally defeats six armed, trained soldiers in less than 30 seconds using only his close combat skills.

Auron's oversized katana from Final Fantasy 10 may not be practically proportioned for real - life combat, but that's not going to stop the weaponsmiths of the Man at Arms series from making one...

The rest are simply «dead men with temporary use of their arms and legs,» explains one of the riflemen, and in Fuller's clear - eyed portrait of combat, the only glory in war is survival.

Surprisingly, the combat looks a lot like something out of the Elder Scrolls series, minus the awkward Rayman arms.

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Once in range of an enemy, you'll switch to combat mode with the press of a button and then latch onto the foe's arms, legs, or neck.

Actors shooting a big - budget Vietnam war epic suddenly find themselves in the midst of actual armed combat.

The arm can also be used to pull the player across a variety of objects for vertical combat.

Gruesomely destroy foes as a professional monster hunter armed with a range of upgradeable weapons, mutating potions and combat magic.

Thankfully, scientist Nikola Tesla, who also ended up in the parallel universe, arms Grey with a jetpack, which makes swapping between ground and air combat the big mechanic of the game.