Sentence examples for defence army from inspiring English sources

When Balbhadra Kunwar, commander of the Nepalese defence army at Dehradun, heard of the approach of the British Army and its size, he realised that it would be impossible to defend the city.

In the paddy fields and mangrove swamps of Burma, Tom, dressed in a sarong with a knife on his hip, played a vital role working with Aung San, commander of the Burma Defence Army and father of Aung San Suu Kyi.

As the whole world waits to see what impact the referendum has on Crimea, VICE News correspondent Simon Ostrovsky spends time with new recruits of the Crimean Self Defence Army.

What I find inexcusable is his extending the use of honorifics to other government agencies: "The honorable members of the self-defence army have most kindly agreed to send their tanks".

Since the Israeli operation began before dawn on July 8, at least 1,150 rockets fired from Gaza have struck Israel, and another 311 have been shot down by the Iron Dome air defence system, army figures show.

They have remained in captivity, first because their disappearance was not treated as an issue of national significance and then because despite pouring billions of dollars into defence, the army tasked with finding them is worse equipped than Boko Haram.

He says it goes on everywhere – defence correspondents meet army officers in their clubs.

And it could call on so much more: in relation to the country's size, its defence budget and army are quite small by historical standards.

So did a show of support as he took his leave at the defence ministry, with army officers shouting, "Don't go".

It came in the wake of huge pro-military protests called for by Abdel Fattah al-Sisi, the defence minster and army chief.

Safronov wrote on sensitive topics, including abuses in the army, defence technology testing failures, and Russia's arms deals with countries such as Syria and Iran.