Sentence examples for value commanders from inspiring English sources

Taking control of Sinjar will have significant strategic value, commanders say, cutting IS supply lines between Iraq's second city of Mosul, which it overran in June 2014, and Raqqa in Syria, the capital of its self-proclaimed caliphate. .

The NATO command has been intently focused on the issue since an attack in western Afghanistan on Aug. 22, when an AC-130 gunship mounted a nighttime raid on what the United States intelligence has identified as a meeting of about 30 Taliban fighters with a "high value" Taliban commander.

The night raids against "high value" targets — Taliban commanders and others suspected of playing major roles in the insurgency — are a linchpin of the American-led coalition's strategy in Afghanistan.

There is a tempting propaganda value for US commanders to cite tolls of enemy dead - during the Vietnam War "success" was often measured in the number of Vietnamese killed, and those numbers were routinely inflated to mask the painful realities on the ground.

But some commanders value the workshop more than any government backing.

"The area was a hub for high-value leaders, midlevel commanders and foot soldiers.

One of its chief values to field commanders is its ability to deplete the air of oxygen.

The value of Trump National Doral Miami, the commander-in-chief's highest-grossing golf property, dropped an estimated $26 million over the last year.

His estimates of enemy strength turned out to be much more accurate than those provided to him by Patton, and Patton ultimately acknowledged Middleton's value as a corps commander by presenting him with a Distinguished Service Medal within seven weeks of calling him "dumb" in his diary.

Some American commanders doubt the value of the North Waziristan deal and claim that attacks on their troops have greatly increased since it was signed on September 5th.

Since it can be launched on short notice, ScanEagle's value is in allowing local commanders the ability to gather close-in, live and real-time images of an immediate target.