Sentence examples for And convoy from inspiring English sources

This is a war where traditional military jobs, from mess hall cooks to base guards and convoy drivers, have increasingly been shifted to the private sector.

But checkpoint and convoy shootings have not declined, worrying commanders who believe that such killings are turning Afghans against foreign forces.

Failure to reduce checkpoint and convoy shootings, known in the military as "escalation of force" episodes, has emerged as a major frustration for military commanders who believe that civilian casualties deeply undermine the American and NATO campaign in Afghanistan.

He proudly served his country in World War II from 1942 through 1945 as a Navy Soundman 3rd Class, assigned to a destroyer that patrolled for submarines and convoy supply ships in the Caribbean, North and South Atlantic, and the Pacific theatres.

THE truck driver has long had the image of the heroic loner, an image reinforced in country music and in films like "They Drive by Night" in 1940 with George Raft and Humphrey Bogart and "Convoy" in 1978 with Kris Kristofferson.

With a fresh $97 million in Series C funding, NEXT joins a fleet of heavily funded logistics platforms, including Flexport, Huochebang and Convoy.

Uihgur separatists claim they have already attacked oil installations and convoys in the region.

In Tijuana the dismemberments have stopped and convoys of black SUVs no longer rumble through town in broad daylight.

Isaf's response to this has been to pay local warlords and militias to protect wheat and convoys.

Video from the area showed black smoke billowing from the refinery and convoys of heavily armed militants celebrating nearby.

Instead of traveling in large groups and convoys of many cars, they must now travel furtively, he said.