Sentence examples for initiated combat from inspiring English sources

General McCaffrey maintains that he acted properly to defend his troops after the Iraqi forces initiated combat.

That speech, given less than two months after the U.S. initiated combat operations in Iraq, has been derisively labeled "Mission Accomplished" after the banner used as a backdrop.

Both sides routinely blame the other for initiating combat.

Their plan would require the president to consult senior lawmakers before initiating combat lasting longer than a week, except for covert operations or rare cases requiring emergency action.

Yes, some of them try to to initiate combat against white nationalists.

After targeting another character and initiating combat, the player and his opponent will damage each other automatically with their weapons.

Within hours of the game's release on October 19, 2010, players of Fallout: New Vegas began reporting a variety of technical issues (saved games becoming corrupted, the game freezing, players becoming stuck within the terrain, and random NPCs appearing behind the player, initiating combat out of context).

Initiating combat training for all RAAF ground crew, Bladin proceeded to construct secondary airfields so that he could disperse his forces.

That role had been eroding for several decades, as presidents of both parties, taking advantage of the large standing army left in place after World War II, increasingly initiated or escalated combat operations on their own.

The government initiated efforts to combat corruption, but even the High Office of Oversight and Anti-Corruption lacked sufficient authority and independence.

Germany also initiated the Improved Combat Efficiency (ICE) program in 1983.