"It occurred to me", wrote Richard Gatling in 1877, "that if I could invent a machine a gun which could, by rapidity of fire, enable one man to do as much battle duty as a hundred, that it would, to a great extent, supersede the necessity of large armies".
Jihad, also spelled jehad, ("struggle," or "battle"), a religious duty imposed on Muslims to spread Islam by waging war; jihad has come to denote any conflict waged for principle or belief and is often translated to mean "holy war".
Upon graduation in 1942, he was drafted by the US Army and proudly served as a lieutenant for WWII where he received five battle stars for duty in combat areas of Normandy, Northern France, Rhineland, Ardennes, Central Europe.
I speak to the GP in the next room and between us we counsel the patient and do battle with the duty mental health team on the phone to get her urgently assessed.
Peterson is a fire support officer and the battle captain on duty, which is a military version of a police watch commander who monitors events from a tactical headquarters.
Peirce's finished movie incorporates a great deal of digicam footage, much of it based on real footage shot by soldiers in battle and off-duty, that was licensed for the movie or painstakingly recreated.
For two months, the Air National Guard, with the help of governors from every state, has been battling the active duty Air Force over proposed budget cuts that would have trimmed the Guard's force by more than 5,000 people and more than 200 aircraft.
Domestic shrimp manufacturers waged a successful battle to impose duties on foreign shrimp with the help of a single law firm, Dewey Ballantine, and lobbyists from Jones Walker in New Orleans.
After 2 hours and 36 minutes, the appendix was successfully removed; 13 days later, the patient was back on duty manning battle phones.
By Call of Duty 3 battle fatigue had begun to seep in.
It strips away all seriousness, all pretence and engages a battle of enjoyment over duty.
