There were to be many more SAS operations in the war against Hitler and later, the SAS saw action in several counter-insurgency operations, in Oman, Aden, Malaya and Borneo.
So, while in command of special operations and the war in Afghanistan, I put a lot of thought into my daily schedule, and constantly tweaked it.
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Since August, he has been studying the history of Afghanistan as well as the military operations since the war began in 2001, said the officials, who spoke on condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to release the information.
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The division led the attacks on Iraqi Republican Guard divisions in the 1991 Persian Gulf war and also participated in peacekeeping operations in Bosnia-Herzegovina and Kosovo.
It has been used by the Bush and Obama administrations to launch global counterterrorism operations, as well as the war in Afghanistan.
Central Command oversees operations in the Middle East and Central Asia, including the war in Afghanistan.
Ford's automotive operations in North America are hemorrhaging, amid a vicious price war, high plant and labor costs and plummeting market share.
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Nonetheless he had done no more than rub shoulders with it, serving out the war mostly in Anti-Aircraft Command and Combined Operations HQ.
For this reason, of fundamental importance to humanitarian law, the Geneva Conventions limited combatant status and prisoner-of-war protections only to those irregular forces that (1) wear uniforms, (2) carry their arms openly in all military operations, and (3) obey the laws of war.
Kennan gave counsel to the Administration during the Korean War, and was instrumental in setting up the covert-operations wing of the Central Intelligence Agency.
Still, the American and European diplomats said the U.S. administration is concerned that actions in the region, including Israel's operations, could spark a wider war.
The Czech ghetto was still a gateway to hell but because it was less brutal and squalid than the others it also came to play a role in one of the most extraordinary of all the German propaganda operations of World War II.
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Some Internet-security experts believe that the Georgia conflict marks the first time a known cyberattack has coincided with a ground war, but others said that similar computer attacks have accompanied military operations in the Middle East and elsewhere.
The heads of state and government and thousands of World War II veterans took part in the ceremonies amid one of the biggest security operations staged on French soil.
Following the war he was stationed in Germany before his last appointment as director of air defence operations at the air ministry.
Whether DP World was a safe partner or not, how would it look to Congress and the American public, in the midst of a war against terrorism emanating from the Middle East, to sell operations at some of America's most important ports to an Arab country?
The violence in Monterrey, the result of a turf war between several drug cartels, is causing particular alarm among U.S. businesses with operations in Mexico.
Despite the fact that America is once again engaged in major combat operations overseas, most Americans have only a limited grasp of what it means to go to war, and no wonder.
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