Sentence examples for significant army from inspiring English sources

Revising the policy is significant, Army officials said, because changing policies has an important ripple effect on training, developing leadership skills, and even on fielding proper equipment.

The Islamists now threaten a major airfield some 25 miles away at the town of Sévaré, which is also the home of a significant army base.

Most of the LRA attacks have taken place around three places -- Ngilima, Bangadi and Niangara -- where there is a significant army presence.

Formerly home to a significant army presence due to its strategic position close to the Turkish border, Azaz fell under rebel control in March 2012, leading to a government counter-assault on the town in July 2012 and further, intermittent government shelling that has taken its toll on the town's population and cityscape.

Last week, the Satellite Sentinel Project, led by Google and the Enough Project, published satellite images depicting a significant northern army buildup around Abyei.

Perhaps most significant, the army will have 55,000 enlistees by December, up from 23,000 in 1998, while the number of draftees eligible to fight increased from 57,000 to 103,000 in three years.

Due to this, the camps of Sawar are often located in Alevi places of resistance which have become under significant Turkish army control.

Following the Treaty of Berwick, support from England finally arrived and by the end of March, a significant English army joined the Scottish Protestant forces.

Replacing mounted messengers with the infinitely faster wire made it possible to exercise active command even with armies very far apart and, equally significant, with armies distant from headquarters, located far to the rear.

Officials had expected a significant increase in army recruits as a result of the event, but it failed to end the long-term decline in recruitment numbers: 23 people enlisted at the Winnipeg recruitment office on If Day, compared to an average of 36 per day for the first half of February.

The army retains significant power and the military Commander-in-Chief appoints the Ministers of Defence, Home Affairs and Border Affairs from members of the defence services, or Tatmadaw.