Sentence examples for holding exercises from inspiring English sources
In a gesture of support, the US is holding exercises here with Georgian troops supposedly aimed at helping it to join Nato.
NATO refrained from drawing up contingency plans against a Russian attack on its former vassals or from holding exercises to demonstrate that it knew how to defend the east.
At the same time, the Iraqi Army said that militias organized by the ruling Baath Party have been holding exercises in central Iraq aimed at countering an attack by the United States, another sign that Saddam Hussein's government believes war is inevitable.
So given all this, the presence of thousands of US and Philippine troops holding exercises in Palawan, not far from the Spratly Islands - one of the main disputed areas - is hardly likely to be welcomed in Beijing.
On the other hand, the inability of the 'step-ups' and 'breath holding' exercises to elicit cardiorespiratory symptoms was surprising.
China regularly holds exercises in the area, where its territorial claims overlap with Vietnam, the Philippines, Malaysia, Brunei and Taiwan.
Earlier, an Air Force commander testified there were orders warning that allied troops would hold exercises in the area.
Although health officials have held exercises to prepare for pandemics and outbreaks caused by bioterrorism, they have yet to master the necessary communications skills.
Iran said it would hold military maneuvers in the Persian Gulf beginning Thursday and fire its 1,000-mile-range 1,000-mile-range 1,000-mile-rangeeads, just days after the United States and several allies, including Persian Gulf states, held exercises in the samissile.
The Navy also holds exercises in the channel between Niihau and Kauai — which, Robinson explained, can be used as a proxy for the Strait of Hormuz, the link between the Persian Gulf and the Arabian Sea, off the coast of Iran.
NATO should announce that it will hold exercises in central and eastern Europe, strengthen air and cyber defences there and immediately send some troops, missiles and aircraft to the Baltics and Poland.
