| The 82d Airborne Division routinely trains to make heavy airdrops, but the Afghanistan fuel drop was the first combat drop in years. |
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| He has also noted that about half the cases this year occurred during active hostilities or combat operations in the Persian Gulf. |
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| Then he went on two combat runs, sitting in a jump seat behind the primary navigator. |
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| Well planned and organized coordination doubles and redoubles the combat capability of a combat force package. |
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| However, other soldiers, sailors, airmen, and Marines die in combat actions, too. |
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| Loading time therefore decreed that in combat Texans fire in relays, half the men always carrying charged rifles to prevent being overrun. |
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| He also signalled the need for politicians to combat public apathy by re-establishing trust. |
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| Their combat days are over, but father and son reminisce about a past that makes them comrades as well as kin. |
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| In England, they gained valuable knowledge on a wide variety of combat engines and airframes similar to those they would service in France. |
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| She wore tight black jeans ripped at the knees, a tight black shirt, and chunky black combat boots. |
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| I had prepared for combat and was ready to become a fighter ace in Europe or the Pacific. |
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| The workplace causes stress, yet so few workplaces offer employees ways to combat it. |
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| And given their alfresco setting, they can also combat the mind-numbing monotony and confusion-inducing machinery of indoor strength training. |
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| The course provides instruction in long-range patrolling, amphibious operations, hydrographic surveys, and specialized ground combat tactics. |
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| This addition to the nation's anti-corruption laws is part of a flurry of legislative activity to combat white-collar crime. |
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| The form of combat which Simeon prefers is archery, where the arrows have no sharp end, but a rubber stopper. |
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| As the enemy resistance crumbled and forces melted away, more of the coalition's combat forces were assigned to other missions. |
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| The smallest combat engineer in the security platoon, Bourgeois, 19, was constantly ribbed about being tiny. |
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| When using the combat roll, your downward energy is compacted and the tight roll causes a slight flowing impact. |
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| Now it was a black mini-skirt with a white wife-beater and black combat boots. |
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| This is because of their reluctance, over a period of time, to combat irrational trends in science generally. |
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| One hour before the start of active combat operations, it is recommended to begin Stage 3 of the operation. |
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| Two wardens will cover each rank to combat the problems of queue-jumpers, thugs and troublemakers. |
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| In the air-to-air role, the radar operates in search, track and combat modes. |
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| One of the original reasons to burn the straw was to combat blind seed disease. |
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| It heralded the advent of jet-propelled flight and the gradual demise of the piston-engined combat aircraft. |
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| We are committed to partnering with law enforcement to combat the growing drug problem in our rural communities. |
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| These tools should be fully exploited by the nutrition and public health communities to combat micronutrient malnutrition. |
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| The real-time combat system that the game is heavily dependant on is rock-solid. |
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| A marine can wield a flamethrower to improve close combat effectiveness or a missile launcher to take down buildings. |
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| This is shaping up to be the antidote for anyone sick and tired of modern combat shooters. |
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| This combat goes on for a few curious minutes before an air horn signals a change in the drill rotation. |
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| If anyone here ever been to Thailand and likes combat sports, LMK what's good! |
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| The textile sector presents good opportunity for us to spur growth and combat poverty because of its vertical linkage to agriculture. |
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| Docherty is, at this very moment, embodying the phenomenon by wearing combat trousers and a furry-hooded anorak and being, frankly, a bit whiffy. |
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| One of the most pressing worries is the use of antibiotics to accelerate growth and combat disease. |
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| Her squadrons were kept busy flying combat air patrols over inshore forces, strafing mine-laying junks, and supporting troops ashore. |
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| With 18 years in the Corps, he's not about to retire, especially after three combat award ribbons and that Silver Star. |
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| In contrast, no previous treaty or customary rule existed regulating method of combat in internal armed conflict. |
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| The relatively lenient sentence has been widely interpreted as a blow to Southeast Asian efforts to combat terrorism. |
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| Environmental authorities estimate that tens of millions of dollars have been spent every year since the mid-1980S to combat the zebra mussel. |
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| He described him as a black male wearing black combat trousers and a lightish or light grey vest. |
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| Fully real time combat would be a better option, but then how do you deal with action points? |
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| I know the combat roll is very different from what most aikido, judo and jujutsu practitioners have been taught, but don't reject it outright. |
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| Rational strengths of force groupings for the employment in the zone of active combat operations can be substantiated by two methods. |
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| The Tomahawk was also enjoying success in aerial combat and several British and Commonwealth pilots became aces while flying the aircraft. |
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| The zero-sum manpower game that Killebrew talks about means that many combat soldiers will be reclassified and retrained. |
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| As with most combat fighter wings, five wingmen flew in formation behind the lead fighter, usually the senior officer. |
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| We combat disease, we keep out the weather, we grow more crops, and we can jigger with our social arrangements as well. |
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| After the meeting, he announced that the Alliance's sergeant-at-arms would be teaching a class on close-quarters combat for anyone interested. |
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| The people of Audrill were also magical but they could not combat the power of a wizard. |
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| The defense secretary and the president decide deployment and redeployment of combat forces, not the military. |
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| For a long time the concept of combat was synonymous to the concept of military actions. |
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| To combat another common pest, tent caterpillars, use a forked branch to wind up the webs and expose the caterpillars to predators. |
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| He also lists the numerous combat actions in which the United States became involved after the fall of the Soviet Union. |
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| Two glider combat teams landed amphibiously at a town, Nasugbu, on the west coast of the island of Luzon, south of Manila. |
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| Well, direct air-to-air combat they're not very good at because of their status of training and their equipment and their status of spare parts. |
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| The soft-ware applications in the library continue to be used to increase safety for the warfighter and ensure combat effectiveness. |
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| The large air brake, which is used in landing and in combat manoeuvres, is located on top of the fuselage. |
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| And in a combat glider, where there was only one chance to land safely once the pilot committed to a landing, there was no turning back. |
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| We had spent enough time together that our styles of combat and roleplay were slowly blending. |
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| The press abets the hoax because it must report what candidates say and because it favors campaign combat over substance. |
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| It is suggested that hazardous duties are analogous to combat situations in important respects. |
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| Statistically, more people re-enlist for combat duty than re-up for a commodore's job. |
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| Police called up water cannon to combat violent left-wingers in the capital. |
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| A new boat, with slightly elevated riggers to combat the expected choppiness of the lake in Athens. |
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| Its bronze ram could smash enemy ships and armed soldiers could leap aboard a foe's vessel in hand-to-hand combat with spears and swords. |
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| Initially, logic suggested that rapiers used in formal personal combat should be as long as possible. |
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| To combat this, direct mailers will do anything to get you to open their junk, no matter how dishonest. |
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| The architects looked to glazing to combat the roar of 74,000 vehicles daily. |
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| One large medium-speed roll-on roll-off vessel or two fast sealift ships can lift almost an entire combat team. |
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| A conference was being held today to explore the rise of fascism and far right movements, and how to combat racism. |
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| The spring saw the quick end of major combat abroad, while the threat of a widespread SARS epidemic abated. |
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| The lipopolysaccharide found in tea can improve the body's blood making function and combat the danger of radiation from the computer. |
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| This invaluable source of combat power cannot be exploited limitlessly without constantly building up human potential. |
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| Rabbi Berger's pious respect for Schneerson's memory severely compromises his best efforts to combat the Lubavitchers' adoration of him. |
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| Well, in other military news tonight, there's some grumbling in the ranks over a new combat award. |
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| Machineguns were valued tools in infantry combat but they ate ammo at astounding rates. |
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| It is tempting to criticize the trial by ordeal, wager of law and judicial combat for their apparent irrationality and cruelty. |
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| Made up of dense rainforests, and barren plateaus, it provided the extreme conditions necessary for good combat training. |
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| Both sides make extensive use of aerodynes in transport and combat variants. |
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| Duration of combat and numbers of casualties aren't yardsticks for measuring victory or failure. |
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| Jeffrey loved the Army, saw combat in the Gulf War, and requalified as a paratrooper after that. |
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| It is widely used as a substitute for patients who are attempting to combat addiction to heroin. |
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| Various polls show that up to 80 percent of Americans expect and accept some abridgments of individual freedom to combat the threat of terrorism. |
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| He had Addison's disease, a failure of the adrenal glands, and needed daily cortisone shots and dangerous steroids in order to combat it. |
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| Landcare tax deductions can be claimed by rural businesses for some types of expenditure to combat land degradation. |
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| In working with investigators, device companies should ensure that their actions are consistent with laws intended to combat fraud and abuse. |
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| As a combat correspondent in World War IL, he landed with the marines at Guam and Iwo Jima. |
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| It is very easy to lose your bearings as the constant sensory barrage and face to face combat can almost leave you shell shocked. |
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| Besides, it gives her a window on community wretchedness and some remarkable efforts to combat it. |
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| After five weeks in combat these soldiers sunk into a state of extreme exhaustion and lassitude. |
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| I recognize that it's easier to criticize a battle plan from outside the combat zone. |
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| That cycle of intelligence-gathering and capturing or killing fighters helped turn the tide of combat operations. |
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| As combat operations in Afghanistan wind down, so too does the main driver of NATO defense cooperation. |
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| Soldiers in combat units report that being sent to a combat zone improves morale, and the possibility that they will re-enlist, despite the danger. |
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| Preparing newly recruited soldiers for immediate combat after graduation was not the main mission of basic training and advanced individual training a few years ago. |
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| It was an attempt to combat a growing chill on free speech in Turkey while placing his newspaper at the center of the debate. |
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| These included components for air-to-surface missiles, aircraft machine guns, armoured personnel carriers, combat aircraft, torpedoes and combat helicopters. |
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| It can also carry out reconnaissance, combat support and patrol missions. |
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| In Saracenic armies, bands composed of reeds and pipes of various sorts played during combat to encourage their own troops and to show that the line remained unbroken. |
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| Marlantes seemed to have escaped the deeper psychic wounds of Vietnam that bedeviled so many combat vets. |
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| During the reorganization of the Army division, the armored division combat commands A, B and C were redesignated as the 1st, 2nd and 3rd Brigades. |
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| To combat this, they are hoping to recruit dentists to do only NHS work. |
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| Added to this, Mint wanted to bring together Corsair pilots, aces, crewmen, and factory workers for a celebration of one of the world's most famous combat aircraft. |
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| Prednisone is often used to combat the inflammation brought on by autoimmune diseases. |
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| This was a bit of a gamble, for the regular army combat troops did not possess the same high degree of natural talents as the Special Forces people. |
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| The whole approach to individuals suffering from acute stress reactions and post traumatic disorders as a result of their combat experiences was re-evaluated and revised. |
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| Moving an Air Force combat wing is nothing like moving an Army brigade. |
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| I also had my knee length combat boots that laced up in the front. |
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| Dress often includes a shaved head or very short hair, jeans, thin suspenders, combat boots or Doc Martens, and a bomber jacket. |
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| We have no combat air wing, and our air force has broken down. |
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| We witness combat between two males sparring over a mate, and the sight of these two massive animals hurtling themselves at each other is amazing. |
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| Pitre is right, combat is about screw-ups, bad officers, apathetic contractors, regret, unfairness, and impossible missions. |
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| The war game identified the direct linkages between raw material sources, production capacity and the employment and sustainment of combat systems. |
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| And organizations like ADL have developed training programs, curricula and model legislation to combat bullying. |
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| But the fact is that there is common ground with Moscow and Tehran to combat the biggest threat to all of us at this moment. |
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| This unit is subject to attack and has a certain round trip time, so rearming units in the middle of combat at a distant front line can be a dicey proposition. |
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| He was awarded a distinguished performance of duties in warlike operations as the Medical Officer of HMAS Stuart during combat rescue operations in the Persian Gulf. |
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| They will amass forces big enough to overwhelm one of the combat outposts, then wait for the outpost to call for reinforcements. |
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| This was music to McClellan's ears, because it meant that the fighters would be using dummy weapons and would thus need to rearm at the tugs in order to combat his fleet. |
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| I had decided that celibacy was the way to go when I met a fellow combat arms officer, who was gay. |
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| The Perfect Storm writer talks combat brotherhood and the threat posed by growing wealth inequality. |
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| With 2014 as a congressional election year, the acrid scrums of 2013 will give way to the combat of the campaign. |
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| What are some great works of literature that you admire for their ability to combat dictatorship and absolutism? |
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| It's unclear whether war can be declared against a terrorist group, as opposed to a sovereign country, and that muddles the issue of what qualifies as combat or self-defense. |
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| There have also been instances during this air war when combat aircraft are not available in time to strike a target that pops up. |
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| Earlier this month, the House of Commons voted to approve an anti-ISIS air combat role for Canada. |
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| And then they did things like curbside checking, instead of what they should have been doing, which was formulating a national strategy to combat this. |
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| It is a disorienting shift, to put it mildly, to return home from a combat zone where people were actively trying to kill you. |
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| Bauer wheels the combat craft on a dime, pointing the bow to the shore. |
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| Life cycle emission reductions are directly related to battery capacity and increasing battery capacity to combat range anxiety effectively eliminates the GHG benefit. |
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| The telltale clink of tracks heralds the advance of a brigade combat team. |
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| He was also reluctant to reverse the full pullout of combat forces in Iraq, which fulfilled a key campaign promise. |
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| Stockman, who gets airsick when buffeted by the winds, has pressure-point wristbands and a patch on her neck to combat the nausea. |
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| He was a large man, broad shoulders, muscular limbs with a well-toned body and large, powerful hands that came from his regular and rigorous combat practice with his friend. |
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| Given that exercise can combat business travel stress, not to mention dining indulgences, road warriors could benefit from checking into these options. |
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| After the briefing, the pilots suit up in their combat survival vests and helmets, a rig carefully prepared and inspected by the life-support crew. |
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| The author also provides some great reading on cavalry life and low-intensity combat with the Navajo and Apache nations in the west between the Mexican and Civil Wars. |
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| With its compelling message of anti-racism, tolerance, and pluralism, it is seen as a useful way to combat Islamophobia and reassure British Muslims. |
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| He reportedly invited a union official home to personally inspect his Silver Star, Bronze Star and three Purple Hearts, awarded for his combat duty as a Navy lieutenant. |
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| A method utilized by small, mobile units to harass, weaken, demoralize, and combat larger conventional forces, guerrilla warfare antedates modern history. |
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| This kind of combat reached its apotheosis when the guest was an insurance swindler called emile Savundra. |
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| Well-meaning outsiders applauded but few understood the reverse multiplier effect of a soldier getting pregnant in a combat zone. |
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| Instead they operated out of a vast network of tunnels, and the combat was as ferocious as any the IDF has seen for many years. |
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| My organization, CDT, directly engages in the hand-to-hand combat of Washington. |
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| Miss Stephenson was wearing black baggy knee-length combat trousers covered in zips and chains, and knee-length stripy socks with white Adidas trainers. |
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| Police described the man as Asian, of about five feet seven inches in height, about 30-years-old, wearing beige combat trousers and a white T-shirt. |
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| Bales may have harbored hopes of getting out of the combat zone, perhaps by becoming a military recruiter, as Browne has said. |
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| The combat is certainly much better than it was last year, so it's a shame that some of the boss battles turn into wars of attrition with petty single-hit attacks. |
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| The training covered four specific skill areas, starting with instruction and training in combat signals, tactical river crossing, climbing and abseiling. |
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| During World War II, they found themselves attaching a large number of specialized navy and marine support units to the combat divisions sent ashore in amphibious operations. |
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| To combat Ebola, we need to make sure we reopen safe schools as soon as possible. |
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| I first met Michael in early May 2011, while I was in Washington on leave from the combat zone in Afghanistan. |
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| This movie brings a cheerfully anachronistic spin to the centuries-old traditions of knights engaging in combat for glory, honor, and a lady or two. |
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| The room door hissed and Crystal entered, dressed in a rather revealing skirt that didn't look at all appropriate to a combat training assignment. |
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| This trend can be seen in letters, memoirs, diaries, regimental histories, anecdotes, reminiscences, and interviews by combat veterans during and after the war. |
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| The majority of convicted substance abusers treated under a flagship Government scheme to combat drug addiction have reoffended, new figures reveal. |
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| To maintain the exclusion from combat roles creates an artificial boundary that women cannot cross. |
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| Gone are the wild-eyed revolutionaries in Donetsk and Luhansk, replaced by steely-eyed bureaucrats and seasoned combat veterans. |
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| The State Innovation Exchange, a Democratic group, has been set up to combat corporate-led right-wing organizations. |
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| To combat the extreme cold of Minnesota winters, four layers of glass were laminated to create a barrier against heat loss and to secure the art collection inside. |
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| Due to the magnitude of the game, City will already have extra police and extra security in order to combat any potential trouble, and the match is an all-ticket affair. |
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| Under the table, I could see that his combat boots were actually black sneakers, frayed at the seams. |
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| Radcliffe has done her part to combat such whispering campaigns. |
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| He said most of the troops had been inoculated against anthrax, while they also possessed antidotes to combat nerve gas and tablets to alleviate effects of radiation sickness. |
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| Excessive force to combat minor infractions of the law is the central issue today. |
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| Microwave relay and troposcatter communication facilities are not used in the course of troop deployment or combat action, especially in urban areas. |
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| However you do have various options and the key aspect is to combat the shortfall so that you do not find yourself unable to repay the mortgage at the end of the term. |
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| Their vulnerability is such that in a combat zone, one must take near-heroic measures to protect them in hardened shelters or, at a minimum, in revetments. |
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| A celebrated single combat then took place between Bruce and Henry de Bohun who was the nephew of the Earl of Hereford. |
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| On 1 May 2003, Bush announced that major combat operations in Iraq had ended. |
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| The Germans had ordered French civilians, other than those deemed essential to the war effort, to leave potential combat zones in Normandy. |
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| The portable structure houses a mobile combat aeromedical staging facility. |
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| Nine combat launches were made, resulting in the destruction of eight Axis aircraft for the loss of one Allied pilot. |
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| Nivea has come up with an anti-ageing hand cream to combat premature skin ageing and help prevent age spots. |
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| Iran has alleged for some time that Pakistani security has failed to combat Baluchi militants using Pakistan as a base for operations in Iran. |
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| Fundamentalism arose among Evangelicals in the 1920s to combat modernist or liberal theology in mainline Protestant churches. |
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| However, he has been criticised over his perceived inaction on enacting policies set forth by the OECD to combat tax avoidance. |
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| Even so, these early combat encounters provided both sides with experience. |
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| Instead, it relied on antidumping actions to combat what it said were unfair Chinese trade practices. |
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| The recession has renewed interest in Keynesian economic ideas on how to combat recessionary conditions. |
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| For the first era of canals until toll cuts to combat railway competition family boating did not exist. |
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| Mitt spent many happy hours up there, applying face lotion to combat windburn. |
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| With one of the most extensive databases on domestic extremists and terrorists, the ADL hopes to help law enforcement combat violence. |
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| Over the ten weeks of the conflict, NATO aircraft flew over 38,000 combat missions. |
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| Over 20,000 German airmen gained combat experience that would give the Luftwaffe an important advantage going into the Second World War. |
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| The British Army uniform has sixteen categories, ranging from ceremonial uniforms to combat dress to evening wear. |
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| After 36 hours of combat at the bridge at Najaf, the Iraqis were defeated, and the key bridge was secured, isolating Najaf from the north. |
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| In 1865, the United States stationed a large combat Army near the Mexican border as a warning sign. |
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| As Melosi recounts in Part II of The Sanitary City, the bacteriological revolution provided the means to effectively combat epidemic disease. |
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| Many technical glossaries of English translations exist to combat this issue in the medical, judicial, and technological fields. |
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| In reaction, several countries in Southeast Asia signed the ASEAN Agreement on Transboundary Haze Pollution to combat haze pollution. |
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| It was obvious that the brown-haired groundling had been involved in some heavy hand-to-hand combat recently. |
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| The Polish people fought hard to combat communism, and for their right to liberty. |
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| The British maltreated the prisoners whom they held, resulting in more deaths to American sailors and soldiers than from combat operations. |
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| Sports that involved weapons training and developing combat skills were popular. |
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| In 1987, the Department of Transport proposed a parallel relief road to combat congestion around Manchester. |
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| Similarly, the single combat between Henry and Richard is Shakespeare's creation. |
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| The dancers are masked and armed, and represent rather a combat than a dance. |
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| The combat system is unique, somewhat Zeldaesque, but with an experience point system. |
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| Approximately 1,800 Germans were killed in combat out of a total of 7,774 deaths. |
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| Up to the 1940s, they created many autogyros, including the TsAGI A-7-3, the only armed autogyro to see combat action. |
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| The Eurofighter Typhoon is unique in modern combat aircraft in that there are four separate assembly lines. |
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| Other methods of trial continued, however, including trial by combat and trial by ordeal. |
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| I won't say anything else about the Zorkian characters or combat for fear of detracting from each exhilarating discovery. |
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| Charles, in fact, brashly challenged Francis to single combat multiple times. |
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| The Louisiana Air National Guard has over 2,000 airmen and its 159th Fighter Squadron has likewise seen overseas service in combat theaters. |
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| By the end of 1918, the British had deployed 410,000 men in the area, of which 112,000 were combat troops. |
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| Using oared vessels to combat pirates was common, and was even practiced by the major powers in the Caribbean. |
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| The small khanjar is a curved dagger, and it was with this very one Nuri had killed in single combat a minor chieftain of the Muntefiq. |
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| It is a simple fact that poor diet negatively affects a military's combat readiness. |
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| Late at e'en, drinking the wine, And ere they paid the lawing, They set a combat them between, To fight it in the dawing. |
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| However Canada still manufactures some military planes although they are generally not combat or fighter planes. |
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| In sooth, I care but little for the glory of closing in combat with the one yclept Dragon Man. |
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| For instance, a state that has achieved a string of combat victories in a military campaign against other states can be described as powerful. |
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| Jake has more for-real combat skills and less bluster than anyone else around. |
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| Poland is planning to purchase 64 multirole combat aircraft from 2021 in an update to the country's modernisation plans, it has been revealed. |
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| Their first combat mission against an important marshalling rail yard at Abbeville in occupied France was a success. |
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| The second order includes dual-axis gyros for integration within a new turret designed for use aboard armored combat vehicles. |
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| The Tondar or Thunderbolt comes in varieties designed for combat and transportation. |
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| Currently they are used for water patrols and combat against drug smugglers. |
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| The RG41 wheeled armoured combat vehicle features a unique modular mine protected design and integrated independent suspension and driveline. |
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| These Games featured mainly athletic but also combat sports such as wrestling and the pankration, horse and chariot racing events. |
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| These are the people who will overcome the adversity, chaos, and destruction of combat and defeat the enemy in war. |
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| He also worked to combat pagan practices, building a church at Melrose on a pagan site. |
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| The Iraqis know not to target heavily armed and armored combat vehicles that patrol in the cities, and why would they? |
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| Lack of awareness among social workers, teachers and other professionals dealing with at risk children hinders efforts to combat the problem. |
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| To combat what it saw as a coming crisis, the government now drafted the Rowlatt committee's recommendations into two Rowlatt Bills. |
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| Much of the combat involved trench warfare, in which hundreds often died for each metre gained. |
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| The Cavalry was known for their use of horses in combat and scouting purposes. |
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| It is envisaged as a deployable joint force, for use in a wide range of crisis scenarios, up to and including high intensity combat operations. |
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| Other orders included a pounds 500m deal to supply armoured combat vehicles to Norway. |
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| Although six battalions had been trained, the SLA still lacked many combat support functions as well as command and control capabilities. |
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| The Duke was praised at the time for his efforts to combat poverty on the islands. |
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| Grant gave up his costly frontal assaults on fortified Rebel positions and slowly attritted Lee's combat power. |
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| Veterinary physicians were there to tend to livestock for agricultural purposes as well as combat purposes. |
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| According to official reports, the alliance suffered no fatalities as a direct result of combat operations. |
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| Indeed, the ferocious combat itself was passed over as merely an ephemeral event. |
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| So they have trooped forth to organize village down-and-outs and ne'er-do-wells into would-be combat units. |
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| It has therefore been perceived as a way to combat misfeasance in public officials. |
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| In 2008, the United States government initiated another program, known as The Merida Initiative, to help combat drug trafficking in Mexico. |
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| If the revolt had been led by slaves, they would have lacked the necessary resources to combat the Abbasid government for as long as they did. |
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| As a result of the conflict Highland regiments who fought for the British secured a reputation for tenacity and combat prowess. |
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| Dahl saw his first aerial combat on 15 April 1941, while flying alone over the city of Chalcis. |
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| Returning to his flat, Moon took 32 tablets of clomethiazole which had been prescribed to combat his alcohol withdrawal. |
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| To combat bootlegging, the band began to release the Encore Series of official soundboard recordings via themusic. |
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| To combat this, the League joined a Defence Club with other socialist groups, including the SDF, for which Morris was appointed treasurer. |
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| One of his main objectives was to combat the prevailing materialism of his time. |
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| The size of their combat forces remained modest yet they could still provide a welcome addition to the major powers. |
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| Tolkien might well have been killed himself, but he had suffered from health problems and had been removed from combat multiple times. |
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| By 2003, 12 major conventions and protocols were designed to combat terrorism. |
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| Other orders outside the UK and the US included a pounds 500m deal to supply armoured combat vehicles to Norway. |
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| Greene evaded combat with Cornwallis, instead wearing his army down through a protracted war of attrition. |
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| Ships losses should not be confused with crew losses from disease, deprivation, accident, combat and desertion. |
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| The samurai warriors, following their custom, rode out against the Mongol forces for individual combat but the Mongols held their formation. |
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| Being vascularized, the ossicones may have a role in thermoregulation, and are also used in combat between males. |
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| Tolkien's time in combat was a terrible stress for Edith, who feared that every knock on the door might carry news of her husband's death. |
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| A fire is the only thing that unstrings me entirely, I feel so helpless to combat it. I'm afraid of snakes, but I can kill them. |
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| Farmers are being urged to lime their land to combat acidic soils that are leading to high levels of manganese in soils. |
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| The act, a forerunner to trial by jury, started the abolition of trial by combat and trial by ordeal. |
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| The Royal Air Force of Oman has approximately 4,100 men, with only 36 combat aircraft and no armed helicopters. |
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| Possessing military capability is not sufficient if this capability cannot be deployed for, and employed in combat operations. |
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| The question of whether trial by combat remains a valid alternative to civil action has been argued to remain open, at least in theory. |
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| Military strategy is more concerned with the supply of war and planning, than management of field forces and combat between them. |
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| Special pay, such as re-enlistment bonuses, is also tax-free if the service member re-enlists in a combat zone. |
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| Nicaraguan President Daniel Ortega has stated his intention to use tourism to combat poverty throughout the country. |
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| Tales of combat with giants were a common feature in the folklore of Wales, Scotland and Ireland. |
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| The lower tactical Internet connects 75 percent or more of Stryker combat vehicles. |
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| Test Process The Army's interim armored combat vehicle, now called the Stryker, is in the latter stages of development. |
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| The Army will field its first Stryker variant, an infantry combat vehicle, at Anniston, Ala. |
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| The defense ministry is responsible for combat forces, search and rescue, and intelligence operations. |
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| Early trials by combat allowed a variety of weapons, particularly for knights. |
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| By 1300, the wager of combat had all but died out in favor of trial by jury. |
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| Trial by combat plays a significant role in the German schools of fencing in the 15th century. |
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| The practice of averting trial by combat led to the modern concept of attorneys representing litigants. |
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| In December 1386, one of the last trial by combat authorised by the French King Charles VI was fought in Paris. |
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| For military operations, the ground track repeat can be used to ensure good coverage in combat zones. |
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| For example, in Book 3 of The Iliad, Paris challenges any of the Achaeans to a single combat and Menelaus steps forward. |
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| In practice, a person facing trial by combat was assisted by a second, often referred to as a squire. |
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| He opts for training on the Redeye, the first ever hand held surface to air missile system designed for close combat for the infantry. |
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| Infanticide, siblicide, cannibalism, rape, and lethal combat have been documented in many kinds of animals. |
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| The following exercises help combat sibilance, plosives, lazy tongue, and mouth problems. |
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| From 2012 to 2013, 31 men left Aarhus bound for combat in Syria. |
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| In the fighting for Bahrain, most of the combat was carried out by Portuguese troops, while the Ormusi admiral, Reis Xarafo, looked on. |
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| Careful accounts were taken by both sides during the battle, and thus many famous warriors sought each other out for personal combat and glory. |
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| He had to combat a panic among his own men, who had heard that the Germans were some sort of superior warriors. |
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| King Arioald consented that her innocence should be tested by a single combat between her accuser and a nobleman who undertook to defend her. |
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| Belizean Prime Minister Dean Barrow has stated his intention to use tourism to combat poverty throughout the country. |
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| Both bills provide for a new cold war hostile fire pay, similar to wartime combat pay. |
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| Extensive research is being conducted to further investigate this link and methods to combat aging. |
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| The post Leaders take steps to combat racism and xenophobia in education appeared first on Cyprus Mail. |
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| The Western Front involved especially brutal combat without any territorial gains by either side. |
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| The Battle of Lowestoft on 13 June saw combat between fleets of over a hundred ships on both sides. |
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| In his first six years in office, Blair ordered British troops into combat five times, more than any other prime minister in British history. |
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| Both are crosses of Pinguicula ehlersiae and Pinguicula moranensis, and are employed by commercial orchid nurseries to combat pests. |
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| Most of these lacked combat experience, both with regard to Germanic fighters, and under the prevalent local conditions. |
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| By September, OB West had only 13 infantry divisions, 3 panzer divisions, and 2 panzer brigades rated as combat effective. |
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| Because of the difficulties in deciding cases, procedures such as trial by ordeal or combat were accepted. |
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| The Spitfires in particular were at the edge of their ranges, with some only being able to spend five minutes over the combat area. |
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