Sentences with phrase «troops on»

In your first few years as a Judge Advocate, you might be fully lititgating a criminal trial (a.k.a court martial), defending the U.S. Government against a taxpayer whose house got damaged by falling aircraft parts, or briefing troops on «shoot / don't shoot rules of engagement» and laws of armed conflict.

The Iraq war of 2003 - 11 changed that thinking; the troops on the ground adapted and found the tank very useful for urban warfare.

Later, it would be made of rubber — and used to fool German troops on the battlefields of World War II.

By contrast, the legendary war photographer Robert Capa famously got in the thick of it during the Second World War, including landing with US troops on Omaha Beach in 1945.

Using your Flux Capacitor Hyper Reality Visor (HRV) for up to four seconds at a time, players can catch a brief glimpse of the locations of objectives, friendly and enemy troops on the map.

On attack, you can either choose for the battle to resolve itself, or take charge of your troops on the ground, controlling the ebb and flow of attacks to maximum efficiency.

Tripwire Interactive released a new trailer for Rising Storm 2: Vietnam showing all the different customization options for your troops on the ground.

That's not to say that Samurai Warriors is without any new ideas, but it does share the same concept of battling your way through hundreds of opposing dumb AI troops on lively battlefields.

Also, collecting certain pieces of intel can also make life easier by tagging Nazi troops on the map, something that can be incredibly useful.

Whiel the iPad version here doesn't have the two screens of Nintendo's portabe, it has a similar presentation with the main gameplay field for commanding your troops on the top of the screen, and spots for unit info and a map overview on the bottom.

SWBF: RS was a great PSP game, but many of us wan't a StarWarsBattlefront for the PS3 with 60 player online play seemless space, to ground combat gameplay: Dogfight up in space and then fly into a planets atmosphere and dogfight around in the sky, then land troops on the planet and attack the enemy from abover with plantary bombardments, and large scale combat.

Gather your troops on the battlefield while avoiding the dangerous obstacles, then unleash them in order to destroy the enemy castle!Features: ● Many unique...

4 pm late checkout based on availability (always a good thing when you're trying to gather the troops on the last day)

It was from here the local farmers and militiamen mustered to meet the advancing British troops on that fateful April day in 1775.

Irish Terriers were used to transport messages between troops on the front lines in World War I.

Irish Terrier were amongst those dogs used to transport messages between troops on the front lines in World War I.

He stood by and watched as George moved out with the healthy troops on Christmas Day, then idled in the deserted campground, watching the interminable caravans of army wagons passing and passing into the distance.

Such is the ultimate significance of war in The Thin Red Line (1962), James Jones's fictional account of the battle between American and Japanese troops on the island of Guadalcanal.

Imagine the strategists who told Custer in 1876 that he'd have no problem pacifying the savages at Little Big Horn, or the military strategists who suggested that they just drop allied troops on the shores of Gallipoli in 1915.

Despite its hawkish title, the Total War series strives for historical authenticity, and players spend more time on statecraft, finances, and diplomacy than rallying troops on the field.

He is a prince and a dangerous warrior, known for impaling enemy troops on pikes.

Plot: In May 1940, Germany advanced into France, trapping Allied troops on the beaches of Dunkirk.

American actress and Academy Award - winner Sissy Spacek with U.S. Army troops on location during television filming of Verna: USO Girl in Baumholder, West Germany (American Army military base) in 1977.

As the young, ambitious First Lord of the Admiralty, he landed troops on Turkey's Gallipoli Peninsula, a logistical and tactical disaster in which tens of thousands of soldiers were sacrificed in one of the bloodiest campaigns of the war.

At just over two hours, Snow White and the Huntsman drags and drags, until it eventually ends with Snow White leading troops on horseback in a castle raid, just like the Alice in Wonderland remake.

One on one combat does not feel even slightly as though you are in the moment and when you control a massive amount of troops on horseback attacking in formation, it does not feel like you are even there.

Rather than presenting combat as a simple numbers game, here you actually place your troops on the field, position your champion, and let slip the dogs of war.

Synopsis: John Wayne and Richard Widmark star in this historical film spectacular about the attack by Mexican troops on the Alamo.

Rating: Not Rated Year: 1960 Cast: John Wayne, Richard Widmark, Frankie Avalon Director: John Wayne John Wayne and Richard Widmark star in this historical film spectacular about the attack by Mexican troops on the Alamo.

Tracking the hunt for Osama Bin Laden, then the world's most wanted man, Zero Dark Thirty follows the operational struggles, the bureaucratic nightmare and the troops on the ground who carried out the various operations.

Even his handler, Dar Adal (F. Murray Abraham), seems alarmed — even if he doesn't quite disagree — when Quinn suggests to a room full of U.S. politicians that if they're not prepared to put 200,000 troops on the ground, they might as well just hit the reset button and raze a city or two.

Germany advances into France, trapping Allied troops on the beaches of Dunkirk.

Before we get to that newsroom, however, «The Post» flashes back to Vietnam in 1966, when a young Daniel Ellsberg (Matthew Rhys) hangs with troops on a fact - finding mission for Secretary of Defense Robert McNamara (Bruce Greenwood).

WW1 is the setting for this unusual look at life for German troops on the front line.

He's Daniel Ellsberg (Matthew Rhys), an academic and government analyst embedded with the troops on patrol on this day, eyewitness to an awful ambush, and truth - teller to Robert McNamara (Bruce Greenwood), a clear - eyed Secretary of Defense on a «fact - finding» tour of America's growing involvement in Southeast Asia.

An aeroplane operating against armies in the field would, therefore, probably use shrapnel, an explosive shell filled with hundreds of bullets and equipped with a time - fuse in such manner that it can be exploded above bodies of troops on the march, supports, reserves, wagon trains, camps, etc. shrapnel is considered one of the most effective projectiles used in modern warfare, and it does not require a military expert to imagine the havoc it would work on a body of troops en masse.

Small, armed drones that look like insects or birds could hold territory in war zones, without the need for troops on the ground, says David Hambling

The Allies then tried to land troops on the Gallipoli peninsula along the waterway, but after several months of hard fighting, had to withdraw them.

From Palestinian village wells shut down by Israeli troops on the West Bank, to Turkey's damming of the headwaters of the Euphrates, which will wash a quarter of a million angry Kurds out of their homes and reduce the river's flow through Iraq by up to 80 per cent.

In the end, the U.S. military wants robots with all of these traits to accompany its troops on the ground.

The documents include the raw operational reports from troops on the ground between January 2004 and December 2009.

«But we don't have troops on the ground to protect the sites — and that might make them even more of a target,» he said.

Captain M.A Mahama of the 5th Infantry of the Ghana Armed Forces was the detachment commander of troops on operational duties in the area he was killed.

«She believes the Iowa delegation is poised to make history by helping to ensure that Christie Vilsack becomes the first women ever elected to federal office from the Hawkeye State and looks forward to firing up the troops on her behalf.»

The attention of 14 Brigade Nigerian Army, has been drawn to social media publications alleging that troops on patrol in Umuahia town have invaded the NUJ Press Centre in Umuahia at about 10.00 am today.

The Nigerian Army on Sunday said its troops on Friday killed several Boko Haram terrorists at Goniri community in Gubio Local Government Area of...

According to the statement, troops on fighting patrol to Futchimiram village in Geidam Local Government Area of Yobe State struck and neutralized 2 out of 5 Boko Haram terrorists.

troops on the ground?

10) The various EU nations should increase their defence spending and commit themselves to supporting NATO and UN operations with troops on the ground.

But once a government has agreed to send troops on an agreed enterprise, there has got to be a basic doctrine, that if you're in, you're in.»