Sentence examples for practical military from inspiring English sources

Raúl Castro has promoted many younger practical military and party types in place of old revolutionaries.

However, researchers aren't permitted to discuss what practical military applications may come from this research.

Psychologi cal factors still merited consid eration, but practical military achievements took higher prior ity.

In June 1861, Davis appointed Polk a major general even though he had no practical military experience.

Put in charge of defending the Mississippi River, Polk performed well despite his lack of practical military experience.

This is a practical military question now as the Sri Lankan Army closes in on Velupillai Prabhakaran and the stubborn core of his Tamil separatist insurgency.

The review is being overseen by the Treasury chief secretary Danny Alexander, and is seen as critical to making a practical and military case for an alternative.

Cuisine and geopolitics were cosmopolitan and knowing ("carpaccio," "chai," "gulag," "Moonie"), finance affected to be straight-shooting and square-jawed ("direct deposit," "junk bond," "sweat equity"), and fashion invoked comparisons to things that were practical or military ("cargo pocket," "string bikini").

Also, on a practical level, military surplus sleeping bags and tents and other accoutrements were being sold for next to nothing.

He also offered some practical, non-military help in Afghanistan and tentatively accepted the offer to co-operate on the territorial ballistic-missile defence system that NATO members have decided will now go ahead.

As a practical matter, militaries will want to know that there is, in fact, a valid enemy target in the area before using an expensive weapon".