Such banana-skin detection and clearance (or 'minesweeping' as she officially called it) provided the mainstay of her spin responsibilities.    From Wordnik.com.  [Boiling a Frog]

Helicopters unavailable, minesweeping machines scrapped.    From Wordnik.com.  [Wednesday update. Judiciary no longer free, Harman thinks she is Deputy PM, Labour Greens invited to leave party, Gordon's PR stunt! Hurrah!] Reference

Cap Weinberger ordered minesweeping helicopters to the Gulf.    From Wordnik.com.  [Turmoil and Triumph] Reference

Keyes began organizing and equipping a new minesweeping force.    From Wordnik.com.  [Castles of Steel]

I highly approve your proposal to obtain volunteers from the fleet for minesweeping.    From Wordnik.com.  [Castles of Steel]

Keyes, busy reorganizing the minesweeping force, was absent from this March 22 meeting.    From Wordnik.com.  [Castles of Steel]

I'm glad to hear the Husky and Buffalo minesweeping vehicles will be on the ground in a few weeks.    From Wordnik.com.  [Right tools for the mission] Reference

On the night of March 10, the minesweeping flotilla made a seventh attempt, using a different approach.    From Wordnik.com.  [Castles of Steel]

I requested Germany, Britain, France, the Netherlands, and Italy to contribute to the minesweeping effort.    From Wordnik.com.  [Turmoil and Triumph] Reference

This has ranged from training Afghan minesweeping squads and police forces, to exploiting avenues for commerce.    From Wordnik.com.  [Chris Dalby: NATO-SCO: Partners, if not Allies] Reference

If we needed to protect international shipping lanes, or do minesweeping exercises, what role could Japan play?.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Good Fight] Reference

Now Commodore Ruge had detailed part of his minesweeping flotilla to load and convey supplies to the jetties there.    From Wordnik.com.  [Operation Sea Lion]

Perhaps 20,000 Japanese and nearly 350 vessels were engaged in minesweeping efforts, which were largely ineffective.    From Wordnik.com.  [Whirlwind] Reference

Van Zyl said he first considered seeking amnesty while taking part in humanitarian minesweeping operations in Angola last year.    From Wordnik.com.  [ANC Daily News Briefing] Reference

Surrounded by a potentially activated minefield, the safest course was to simply sit where they were and wait for minesweeping help before proceeding.    From Wordnik.com.  [Nuke Zone]

Approval of subs, minesweeping helis, AAV-7s, sub-launched Harpoons, P-3s, and also full release of PAC-3 only briefing requested - not release of missile.    From Wordnik.com.  [Archive 2008-08-01] Reference

New Delhi chipped in, offering help in the form of extra paramilitary battalions, vehicles, minesweeping equipment and technology to help locate Maoist camps.    From Wordnik.com.  [State Pulse: Chhattisgarh: Fighting the Naxals] Reference

Ordnance Laboratory in Washington, D.C. His war years were spent working on the influence fields of ships for application to underwater ordnance and minesweeping.    From Wordnik.com.  [John Bardeen - Biography] Reference

Delhi is offering assistance: an extra paramilitary battalion; armoured vehicles; minesweeping equipment; and imaging technology to help locate remote Naxalite camps.    From Wordnik.com.  [Archive 2006-08-01] Reference

Located in the town of Ingleside about 12 miles northeast of Corpus Christi, it was the primary home to minesweeping ships belonging to the Navy's Mine Warfare Command.    From Wordnik.com.  [All In for Texas Hold 'Em] Reference

HEMMER: About the extent of Norway's involvement in the days of the war in Afghanistan, they had minesweeping troops dispatched to Kandahar to help clear out the area around the airport.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript May 22, 2003] Reference

Commodore of the Kriegsmarine's minesweeping flottila in the Channel and involved in the day to day Sealion preparations; and Rear Admiral Edward Gueritz, a Royal Navy amphibious warfare expert.    From Wordnik.com.  [Operation Sea Lion]

But good news: Morocco pledges to donate more minesweeping monkeys.    From Wordnik.com.  [Daily Kos] Reference

We were the 276th Engineering Battalion, tasked with minesweeping, convoy escort, and security fence construction.    From Wordnik.com.  [VQR] Reference

If you wanna know how our News and Online Editor blagged his way into a job chasing DJs and minesweeping drinks you can.    From Wordnik.com.  [Mixmag - The world's biggest dance music and clubbing magazine] Reference

He was actively involved in modernising the Polish minesweeping capability and turning the Navy into a fully professional service.    From Wordnik.com.  [Top stories from Times Online]

Kamikazes also attacked the minesweeping group, sinking the high speed minesweeper USS Long and damaging the USS Southard and high speed transport USS Brooks.    From Wordnik.com.  [FREE MARKET FAIRY TALES] Reference

The classic emphasis on minesweeping, and detonating the mine released from its tether using gunfire, has been replaced with the AN / SLQ-48 (V) 2 mine neutralization system.    From Wordnik.com.  [Citizendium, the Citizens' Compendium - Recent changes [en]] Reference

Meanwhile, the presence of mines also poses a major threat to the US Navy, which is busy, along with British naval forces, in a constant minesweeping mission throughout the Gulf.    From Wordnik.com.  [Asia Times Online] Reference

I’m trying to think of a different example, but I think a good analogy is minesweeping.    From Wordnik.com.  [Looking inside my insides « knitnut.net] Reference

1944: Following the capture of Walcheren and an intensive minesweeping operation, the first British convoy arrived in Antwerp, without loss, opening up a vital supply route.    From Wordnik.com.  [Libertarian Blog Place] Reference

Borneo and cover minesweeping operations there.    From Wordnik.com.  [Conservapedia - Recent changes [en]]

You've got minesweeping duty, Captain. ".    From Wordnik.com.  [Nuke Zone]

Labels: armed forces, celebrities, minesweeping.    From Wordnik.com.  [New TV embarrassment for armed forces] Reference

Includes submarines, P-3s, Aegis, Apaches, minesweeping helis, HARM, JDAM, AAV-7s, sub-launched Harpoons, and briefing on PAC-3.    From Wordnik.com.  [Archive 2008-08-01] Reference