The Memphis-based company now has three distinct divisions: large ground freight, ground parcels and air express--with newly integrated information systems, sales and billing.
The Atlantic Force, with primary responsibility for Europe and the Middle East, consisted of a relatively small set of units providing forward presence backed up by heavy conventional forces, including a large ground contingent.
Officials said the division's 3rd Squadron, 7th Cavalry encountered a large Iraqi ground force, but a sandstorm in the region prevented troops from calling in air cover.
None of these actions would require the United States to deploy large numbers of ground forces in the former Yugoslavia.
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Federal investment also produced our modern computing and Internet system as well as advances in military technology that have curtailed the need for using large numbers of ground troops.
The two military leaders came in for sharp questioning by Democrats on the Defense Subcommittee of the Senate Appropriations panel, who asked about recent reports that Iraqi troops are taking an increasingly large role in ground-combat operations.
Until the early 1990s, ambitious Liberal Democrats could aspire to occupying a large area of middle ground between two ideologically opposed parties.
The roof was destroyed in the blaze and a large part of the ground and first floors of the building was damaged by the fire.
Both have large studio spaces on the ground level that can work as bedrooms or offices.
He also argued that the RAF offered a "flexible political and military tool", whose use was often less costly in every sense than the large-scale commitment of ground forces.
The burial ground was so large that a machine had to be used to dig a hole, before Keiko was slid across the snow to the grave under the cover of night, with just seven people present.
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The Bloomberg administration is considering such a delay because it doesn't want to create competition for the city's ambitious Hudson Yards project on the Far West Side, where developers are still seeking anchor tenants to help get large office towers off the ground.
She was in the middle of beating a large nest, resting on the ground, with a log.
They are tired of being foot soldiers in the heavy artillery ground battle that is large-scale patent litigation.
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But the political appetite for operations involving large numbers of boots on the ground may not recover for a generation.
In the statue, Pope John Paul is depicted wearing a large cloak which falls to the ground on three sides, leaving a gaping hole at the front.
Before the dig, scientists had discovered large concentrations of metal under the ground around Rangoon's airport, lending support to the theory that up to 36 planes were buried there.
The heating and cooling systems use air that has been earth-tempered drawn into a large tube and passed through the ground, which has a consistent temperature that is cool in the summer and warm in the winter.
And unless carbon capture can work on a very large scale to bury emissions under ground and under the seabed, the 2 degree target means that no more than one third of proven reserves of fossil fuels can be consumed before 2050.
On the ground floor, in a large workroom, there is the sound of clay slabs being pounded.
Now that trend might be turning as smaller stocks lose ground while a comparatively few large caps roll higher.
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The bones themselves were likely obtained both through collecting those found on the ground and by killing the large beasts directly themselves.
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That is because the tradition of setting off firecrackers during this time of the year causes a large amount of noise, air and ground pollution.
The sheer amount of data taken in by a camera like this is too large to be completely relayed to the ground, but users are able to define upwards of sixty-five independent video windows within the image and zoom in or out.
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On the ground floor, there is one large space for the living room, dining room and kitchen.
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Now that gave me a sense that even if you have effective security forces on the ground, there is a very large challenge ahead of them if they are to be able to operate in a manner that actually brings this insurgency under control by gathering information and intelligence from the ground.
But the Army's plea for the status quo ignores two key facts: Our domestic basing structure is larger than it should be, and we have more troops than we need in a world in which we will no longer focus on fighting large, boots-on-the-ground conflicts like the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan.
The group once held large territories in Somalia, but has lost significant ground in the past year, including its southern base of Kismayo.
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Residents at flats in Wigan say their lives were put at risk when a large piece of cladding fell six floors to the ground.
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