Sentence examples for military obstacles from inspiring English sources

On the other hand, there still remains the array of technical, diplomatic and military obstacles.

The Obama administration's plan to raise a 15,000-strong rebel army in Syria has run into steep political and military obstacles, raising doubts about a key element of the White House strategy for defeating Islamic State militants in the midst of a civil war.

It's a workout: dogs race through a course, part steeple, part military obstacle.

Knoxville was raring to engage in some especially dangerous stunts, like running a military obstacle course where he wanted to be set upon by attack dogs.

6) Some quite riveting fitness, balancing, jumping and climbing skills are on display in what appears to be a Chilean military obstacle course race.

The sport, developed by David Belle after experiences of military obstacle courses, has steadily grown in popularity in Australia and elsewhere in recent years.

A trailer for the show depicts Kadyrov boxing with a TV presenter and putting him through a military obstacle course, declaring that only the "best of the best would become an aide to the head of the republic".

Free running Free running, or parkour, evolved from military obstacle courses, and the aim is to move through your environment in a more dynamic way – why walk down stairs when you can vault off the rail?

Nor did the letter even mention broader non-military obstacles to intervention, including Russia's steadfast opposition at the United Nations to more forceful action, and polls here which show that after Iraq and Afghanistan, a majority of Americans are against another US war in the Middle East, and all that it might involve.

Along with other quasi-military obstacle courses like the Spartan Race and Warrior Dash, Tough Mudder is the new gantlet for body-conscious Gen Xers.

In the interview, Metzler and Galbreath -- accompanied by Defense Department spokeswoman Cynthia Smith -- gave a spirited defense of the Pentagon's record on sexual assault, acknowledged the military's obstacles and pledged to continue the fight.