Sentence examples for pacific force from inspiring English sources

Consistent successes led to his appointment in October 1942 as commander of the South Pacific force and area.

Mr. Panetta, who is on his first trip to Asia as defense secretary, told reporters on his plane en route to Indonesia that the United States "will remain a strong Pacific force in the 21st century" and is committed to security in the region.

Strange storms in the Pacific force a general air traffic shutdown and traffic jams in the streets make it almost impossible to leave the city.

The simultaneous northward movement of South Pacific forces in the Solomons, over whom MacArthur maintained strategic control, neutralized Rabaul and bypassed many Japanese units.

Adm. John S. McCain Jr., a former commander in chief of Pacific forces in the Vietnam War and a World War II hero, died yesterday of a heart attack while on a military aircraft returning from Europe.

In 1964, Fleet Adm. Chester Nimitz, commander of U.S. Pacific forces during World War II, relighted the beacon, beginning a yearly tradition.

Prime Minister Kevin Rudd preferred the positions taken in the 2009 white paper prepared during his first prime ministership (Defending Australia in the Asia Pacific Century: Force 2030) during his brief return to the office between June and September 2013, and incoming Prime Minister Tony Abbott made a commitment to develop a new white paper by 2015.

The ITF experienced substantial interannual and decadal variations, influenced by the Indian and Pacific wind forcing.

In an attempt to strengthen their defensive positioning for their empire in the South Pacific, Japanese forces decided to invade and occupy Port Moresby in New Guinea and Tulagi in the southeastern Solomon Islands.

The organizers set a deadline of January 1 , 1884 to complete the connection, a deadline that was later adjusted due to problems in the construction of the Atlantic and Pacific that forced it to stop at Needles, California.

Even U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson hastily worked to defuse tensions in the wake of Trump's threat, as well as the U.S. Pacific Air Forces' claim on Tuesday that its airmen were ready to "fight tonight".