The problem was that he and Corporal Burnett were awaiting deployment to Iraq.
Suddenly, Kurt was on a transport plane to Kuwait, where he awaited deployment for a few days.
A new heat pump, projected to cut the tank's energy consumption by 30percentt, sat in a box, awaiting deployment.
In years past, it was cost-effective for I.T. companies to hire new graduates by the thousands and keep a portion idle, awaiting deployment on a client project.
Frontline police awaiting deployment to Saturday's demonstration against government cuts have appealed for clear instructions about what to do in the event of disorder.
Prince, like all our best singers, had a cornucopia of voices awaiting deployment, each communicating a separate but essential emotional state.
"The rotation schedule is up in the air," said one senior Army officer based in Europe who is awaiting deployment orders.
We close in on Inverness, for a breathtaking finale, driving alongside the Cromarty Firth where we're taken aback by the vast, doleful collection of oil rigs that have been positioned in the firth's deep waters, awaiting deployment or a refit.
Here in Pierce City, which has become a destination spot for antique hunters from neighboring states, about 130 members of the 203rd Battalion of the National Guard, whose armory was among the 100 local buildings damaged or destroyed, returned home today from Fort Leonard Wood, where they await deployment to Iraq, to help with the recovery.
Dismantled wine boxes await deployment as the doors to her Ikea kitchen cabinets; ancient drawers rescued from the street, which smell of incense — "I think they must have come from a church," Ms. Scholtus said, wrinkling her nose — sit on casters and hold magazines.
