Sentence examples for efficient army from inspiring English sources

He has also said it is time to transform the Bundeswehr into a modern, professional and efficient army.

He and his brave, efficient army, nearly half a million strong, guarded our left flank and thus kept open our only line of retreat to the sea.

The Great Elector bequeathed to his son Frederick (after 1701, Frederick I, king of Prussia) a well-organized state, widely respected for its sound finances and efficient army.

Appointed by Duke (later Elector) Maximilian I of Bavaria to reorganize the Bavarian army in 1610, Tilly created such an efficient army that it later became the backbone and spearhead of the Catholic League.

In order to achieve his goals of centralization and expansion, ʿAlāʾ al-Dīn needed money, a loyal and reasonably subservient nobility, and an efficient army under his personal control.

Justinian's wars, the maintenance of an efficient army and navy, and his subsidies to foreign powers and to barbarians were costly, but so was his building program (which is described in detail in Procopius' book On Buildings [De aedificiis]).

But the truth is that even Britain, with one of the world's most efficient armies, and a prime minister happy to use it, will be a junior partner in an American-led show.

The Union also had a functioning government and a small but efficient regular army and navy.

It has been claimed that during his wars Edward I transformed the traditional feudal host into an efficient, paid army.

The splendidly efficient Arab army that carried the new-born Crescent as far as Poitiers was attacking a Europe still in its Dark Ages.

Those first television pictures of efficient-looking army teams boarding flights to the earthquake zone immediately communicated a sense of "can do".