Sentence examples for defense readiness from inspiring English sources
The incident now appears certain to be a security failure at some level of the government, and has raised questions about the national airline and the defense readiness of the air force, which was unable to quickly spot a jetliner in Malaysian airspace and off its flight path.
The two sides had decided to reschedule the meeting "to maintain a firm defense readiness amid the current security situation," South Korea's Yonhap news agency quoted a Joint Chiefs of Staff official as saying.
O'Donnell has said women "cripple" our defense readiness, and that West Point would have to "lower their standards...in order for men and women to compete".
(Five is the lowest level of alarm on the U.S. military's defense-readiness-condition scale; one is the highest).
The indiscriminate, across-the-board spending cuts known as sequestration are also doing "serious damage to our national defense, particularly our readiness," said Mr. Panetta, who was secretary of defense under President Obama from mid-2011 until he left the administration this year.
Writer tells the history of germ warfare... Writer interviews Mike Odendaal, a Project Coast biowar scientist... Basson's true strength when it comes to his legal defense is his readiness to drop hints that he knows much more than he is saying — and the implied threat is to embarrass or destroy powerful people if things should start going against him in a meaningful way.
Writer tells the history of germ warfare... Writer interviews Mike Odendaal, a Project Coast biowar scientist... Basson's true strength when it comes to his legal defense is his readiness to drop hints that he knows much more than he is saying — and the implied threat is to embarrass or destroy powerful people if things should start going against him in a meaningful way..
Last month a letter from Clifford Stanley, the undersecretary of defense for personnel and readiness, argued that "personal financial readiness of our troops equates to mission readiness.
David Chu, the under secretary of defense for personnel and readiness, said the matter required a deft touch.
Jo Ann Rooney, acting under secretary of defense for personnel and readiness, told the panel that all the services had hired new personnel to speed the processing of cases.
