Sentence examples for rigorous combat from inspiring English sources

Officials said repeatedly that they would not lower the physical standards for women in rigorous combat jobs like the infantry, but they said they would review requirements for all the military specialties in coming months and potentially change them to keep up with, for example, advances in equipment and weaponry.

Last year, three female officers made headlines when they successfully completed a "gender integrated assessment" in the Army's most rigorous combat leadership course, Ranger School.

Perry enlists in the United States Marine Corps, and after a brief scene of recruit training, reports to the School of Infantry for the Marine Corps' rigorous basic combat instruction course.

Civilian recruits sustain injuries mostly during the intensive and rigorous military combat-training period.

February 3, 1878 Pahi, New Zealand May 27, 1943 Wellington, New Zealand Joseph Gordon Coates, (born Feb. 3, 1878, Pahi, N.Z. died May 27, 1943, Wellington), prime minister of New Zealand from 1925 to 1928, who later, as minister of public works (1931 33) and of finance (1933 35), instituted rigorous policies to combat the economic depression of the 1930s.

At the Yankees' request, Jeter embarked on a rigorous training program to combat the effects of age, by focusing on lateral movement and first-step quickness.

One Saturday I was assigned to lead a motley group of soldiers into the jungle near our base at Fort Kobbe, up over Cerro Galera, a nearby low mountain, down the other side and back to the base -- a day-long exercise that was more a rigorous hike than a combat maneuver.

The broad and rigorous use of macropru to combat financial excess is a relatively untested strategy, it is true.

Kendo, which means "way of the sword," is a Japanese martial art that uses a bamboo sword and involves rigorous training geared toward developing combat technique and character by instilling virtues like courage, honor and etiquette.

The receptiveness to cameras on street corners reflects a public that regards terrorism as a fact of life in the United States — 9 out of 10 people polled said Americans would always have to live with the risk — but also a threat that many believe the government can combat effectively through rigorous law enforcement and proper regulation.

Although this can be combatted by a rigorous exclusion of all self-citations (Dilger 2010), this also removes justified self-citations (Dilger 2000).2 To avoid such problems and to counteract criticism, especially in bibliometrics, various indicators have been proposed, some of which we will discuss in more detail in Sect.