Sentences with phrase «on firing squads»

Not exact matches

Normally, squads remain within sight and radio range of one another, avoiding the disaster of inadvertently calling in artillery fire on another squad's position.

The circular firing squad was already forming on Tuesday, as organizations like Express Scripts, a PBM, circulated their one - pagers to Hill staff.

More than 3,700 men and women now reside on America's 39 — one federal and 38 state — death rows; 717 individuals have been executed by lethal injection, electrocution, poison gas, hanging and firing squad since Gary Gilmore's death in 1977, and the 85 individuals put to death last year ranked the United States third in the world, behind China and Saudi Arabia.

This squad is obviously firing on all cylinders..

It's arguably going to take a coach with Conte's fire, experience, winning mentality and grit to get the best out of this Milan squad, as after splashing out on 11 new players last summer, the quality is there but it's not leading to acceptable results for a club steeped in such history and prestige.

Vincenzo Montella came under fire on Sunday after his side suffered a 2 - 0 defeat at Sampdoria, and there could be an argument that throwing more money at the problem might not be the solution given he welcomed 11 new players into the squad this past summer.

Lewandowski over benzema every day of the week offer 45 mill and go from there this guy would score 25 - 30 goals with the amount of chances that would be created for him he could fire us to prem league tittle add a dm to compete with coq and we have a squad to challenge on all fronts come on wenger break the bank for this guy and the proper glory days will return!

Radamel Falcao's future has been thrown into doubt following his omission from the Manchester United squad that faced Southampton on Sunday, and super-agent Jorge Mendes has thrown fuel on the fire with his latest comments, as reported by Goal.

Our manager is too laid back and expects arsenal form will come eventually, the players attitude on the field shows that they have the same mentality with exception of sanchez, we need more fire in the squad and it has to begin from the manager

Until the «announcement» we have to hold fire on predicting next seasons squad.

In turn, it looks as though Messi was right to pursue him and the pair, along with the rest of the squad, will now push on and try to enjoy a successful year amid plenty of talk and speculation over problems at the club at all levels, with president Josep Maria Bartomeu coming under fire too.

We have a big squad we have a complete team unless some move out i belive we wount buy having said that i hope our team remains united and no one leavs I think the answer is in this question could we lone out serge Ganabry and or chupa Akpom for more fire power and or the question on the condition of Abo Diaby

Arsenal may have «shot themselves in the foot» (as Wenger said) by not being ready for our first two League games but with the campaign restarting in earnest next week, we should have a fully fit squad firing on all cylinders when we play Southampton next weekend.

But when people are saying we should sign X-player who contributed well last season while playing every single game for «depth» sure, on paper it looks great, but a lot of players hit patches of form that may not necessarily be given that opportunity here, as there may be someone else in the squad who hits the ground running and contributes straight away... If Coquelin, Arteta, Flamini, Wilshere, Ramsey, AOC, Ozil, Cazorla, Rosicky are all fit and firing, I think you're sorely mistaken if you think anything but a truly world - class midfielder would be looking at those names and not potentially evaluating their first - team opportunities.

If we need to try and buy Rabiot as a replacement, having ~ 30m less to do it isn't ideal since I would expect PSG to hold any PL team's feet to the fire in negotiations for a starter on their squad.

Coming off of their win from just hours before they just didn't have enough Stops in them to prevent Team Wilneff from getting the W. Wilneff's squad was led by Brad «he's on fire NBA Jam style» Schwartz who had 21 and Anthony «grizzled vet» Maione's 20.

Kevin «Feldy» Feldman was on fire for the losing squad and had 19.

The league's leading scorer, Dylan Kremer, was absolutely on fire on Sunday night as he put up a massive 42 - point performance to help carry his squad to a 94 - 84 victory over Team Dean.

Khaldoon Al Mubarak also revealed that quite a few of the current Man City squad will be moving on, so we can reasonably expect it to take a little time for Pellegrini to get them really firing again.

Kevin: I think it's definitely a good thing; Spalletti's already had about a half season to readjust to life in the capital, and this squad (assuming it's kept together) is firing on all cylinders heading into next season, having won five straight matches to close out this season.

As far back as our very first friendly of pre-season against Adelaide United, you could see that the senior members of the squad looked fired up and ready to answer their critics and, on the evidence of the first two matches of 15/16, that's certainly the case.

A lot will depend on their under - fire stars though, as fans continue to get on the backs of certain squad members.

Getting our targets will take time and patience... and like the article said well enough... Arsene has started by putting on the fire and getting rid of the «deadwood»... now there isn't any facade of squad depth... now is when we buy or fail the season... and I am willing to bet we will rock the market... and at the end of the year, we will rock the leagues

But the gravity of being denied anything close to a fair trial reached new depths on Friday, when the men were placed before a firing squad.

A Statement detailing the action of General Buratai, signed by the Acting Director, Army Public Relations, said, «The death sentences by firing squad passed on 66 soldiers in January and March 2015 by separate General Court Martials have been commuted to 10 years imprisonment each.

One writer on a popular Facebook page said that «on Tuesday the public was invited to watch a circular firing squad» given that any legislator who voted to oppose Day would be politically dead at the next election.

Georgiev, who had been working for a company on the other side of the country, had been released a few months earlier after having spent four years in prison, but the other medical workers, later dubbed the Tripoli Six, were waiting for death by firing squad.

The problem was that there were only six weeks to go before the Libyan court was due to announce a decision on the medics» final appeal to avoid the firing squad.

With 14 missions spanning a variety of environments you must lead your squad down Vietnamese rivers manning the guns on a heavily armoured river boat, into local villages (with friendly and non-friendly fire) to rescue hostages, through ruined temples and the claustrophobic jungle and into the ancient Vietnamese capital of Hue.

AWZ brilliantly switches things up by letting you go on the offensive, as you're forced to compile a squad of supply vehicles, robot - like crawlers, armored personnel carriers and even fire - spewing tanks before you then bring up a tactical screen where you have to plot different routes through the battlefield and then let them do their thing.

Based on Sean Flynn's GQ article about the first municipal fire department to become an elite «hot - shot» squad sent in to extinguish huge and deadly forest fires, this film starts out so safely square (and square - jawed), that it feels like a World War II movie about a colorful squadron heading to Normandy.

Of course, plenty of crass jokes and dialogue are to be expected, and while Super Troopers 2 is primarily centered on a rivalry between the familiar squad and some Canadian Mounties soon to be out of a job, using that rift to pepper the comedy with some zingers on both sides rooted in current events (Americans have a go at how high the Canadian drinking limit is while Canadians fire back lambasting the United States» gun control issue and gross levels of obesity), the proceedings aren't concerned with getting political or forcing social commentary down anyone's throat.

As Katniss and her squad — including love triangle members Peeta (Josh Hutcherson) and Gale (Liam Hemsworth)-- progress from District 13 to the Capitol on a mission to kill President Snow (Donald Sutherland), they encounter «pods» aka invisible tripwires that release all manner of awfulness: machine gun fire, black oil, mutts.

Gunshots are exchanged and characters are killed by a firing squad — many of these shootings happen on screen (little blood is shown).

If I am right then - throwing this name together with a name which at best has always been IFFY on the reliability side - is asking to stand in front of the firing squad.

during SP mission Nightshift • Fixed issue with last mission not listed in REPLAY MISSIONS list • Fixed issue on the SP mission Night Shift where three of the marines that repel down from the Osprey at the start of the level have PLR models instead of the right marine models • Has been made harder to fail missions due to zero tolerance friendly fire • Fixed MG nest objective on Operation Guillotine • Fix for music climax on mission «Fear No Evil» • Fixed issues that occurred if user were backtracking after fight at elevator on SP mission «Comrades» • Adding a back button to SP campaign select difficulty screen • Removed slomo from jump into train on SP mission «The Great Destroyer» • Fixed glitches in subway Quick Time Events in mission «The Great Destroyer» • Increased quality of the loading screen images • Fixed glitch that made it possible to reach Solomon train QTE with the wrong weapon equipped in mission «Semper Fidelis» • Fixed final sound fade out on SP mission «Thunder Run» • Removed sound fade on convoy ride in mission «Operation Guillotine» • Fixed squad mates coming through wall after intro on SP mission «Operation Guillotine» • SP mission, «The Great Destroyer»: moved Campaign Cleared achievement until after the Dima outro • Fixed soldiers inside of terrain at start of level in «OPERATION GUILLOTINE» • SP mission, «The Great Destroyer»: Fixed streaming issue which could lead to out of memory when streaming in Subway ride • Improved music and music fade on tank encounter in mission «Operation Guillotine» • Sound on Operation Guillotine: Fixed trading floor crash camera shake and rumble • Fade later when driving in to tunnel on «OPERATION GUILLOTINE» • Hide cross hair during Solomon intro & climb out scene on «Operation Swordbreaker» • Fixes on «OPERATION SWORDBREAKER»: Skip VO urging the player to move forward if the player has already moved.

Battles change from simply moving your squad into position and mowing down the foe to carefully unleashing an initial barrage of abilities, combining powers for devastating effect, such as using your levitate skill on an Engineer's turret to life it high so it can rain down fire, or mind - controlling a foe so that your sniper can get a clean shot.

Even the fine print on the bottom of the screen indicating kills and enemy positions as they're reported by your fire squad were legible and crisp.

This allowed for fire teams to quickly transition between missions, this allowed us to open fire and send a barrage of bullets down the nearest corridor or over the nearest rocks while squad mates zipped past on their sparrows only to use their supercharged abilities; dispatching any enemies in the fray.

This is particularly important in bigger modes like Conquest when taking points on the map will be much faster with a five man squad so it balances the disadvantage a squad can have when exposed to tank shell fire and aerial assaults.

After making his way to the awaiting chopper, Snake tosses his «cargo» on the whirring machine and then returns to concentrate fire from a suppressed sub machine gun on a squad of soldiers who are trying to turn the fleeing commando into fish food.

Even though squad mates will still progress forward on their own path, it's generally up to you to stick with them if you need an item they provide or want some extra covering fire whilst you try to move forward yourself.

General fixes • Significant improvements to the Squad Join interface • Removed FIND ME A SQUAD option • Allow players to join empty Squads alone, thus having 1/4 Squad members • Change order of options to LEAVE SQUAD, INV A FRIEND, SWITCH TEAM • Disable Privacy flag when 1 man Squad • Reset Privacy flag from Private to Public when Squad drops to 1 player • All occupied Squads will now show up colored blue on the Squad selection screen • Players who choose not to join Squads will also show up as Blue in the «Not in a Squad» line • Squads that are currently empty will display as white — if you wish to join an empty Squad, you can choose the first one marked with white text • Added round duration and ticket summary at end of round screen • Fixed sound for when climbing ladders • Fixed and issue with some weapons» sounds in first person view • Fixed a swim sound loop error • You should no longer be able to damage a friendly vehicle when sitting in an open position • Grenades now drop to ground if you get killed while attempting to throw it • Spawn protection now should work in Conquest so you no longer should spawn too close to enemies • You should no longer spawn too close to enemies in TDM and SQDM • Fix for missing input restriction during intro movie, causing players to potentially fall and die while watching movie if moving controller (or having a controller with a bad stick zone) • Combat areas on Kharg Island in Rush mode tweaked in order to disallow defenders to access the carrier ship after first base is taken and being able to enter the AA gun • Fixed a problem with revived players not being able to get suppressed • Fixed a problem with the camera when being revived in co-op • Spotting VO now plays when spotting from MAV / EOD bot • Fixed several issues regarding the kill card, including showing wrong weapons used for the kill • Fixed that sometimes you would be stuck on a black screen when kicked from server • Fixed so when a team captures two flags at the same time, the UI does not show wrong owner of the flag • Fixed a problem where the capture progress bar was shown as friendly when the enemy was capturing • Fixed a problem with the bipod deploy sound • Fixed a problem that you could be spawned in with no weapons after being killed while using the EOD bot • Fixed problems with health bars not displaying health properly when using EOD bots • Fixed a problem with flickering name tags • Fixed a problem where you could damage friendly helicopters • Fixed a problem where you could get stuck in the co-op menu when attempting to join the session twice • You should now be able to spot explosives • You should no longer spawn in home base if your selected spawn point is disabled while waiting to spawn (e.g. if your teammate dies right before you are about to spawn) • Damage from bullets will now continue to cause damage even after the firing user is dead • Fixed several client crashes • Fixed a problem where players could get stuck in the join queue • Fixed the repair icon on the minimal • Fixed a problem with changing camera on certain vehicles • Fixed a problem with the grenade indicator when in guided missile mode • Fixed a problem where the machine could hard lock when joining a public coop game • Fixed a problem where the headset attached icon would not show up in the UI • Fixed a problem with the falling antenna on Caspian Border.

I can spawn on my squad and draw fire.

Meanwhile, the AP reports that in Florida, state Rep. Brad Drake introduced a bill this week that would end the use of lethal injections in Florida executions, and instead require those on death row to choose between electrocution or a firing squad.