The rest, including new recruits, are at lower states of readiness.

And it kept nuclear forces in a high state of readiness.

At the moment our state of readiness is not good.

The years between 1955 and 1965 were spent in continued training to maintain a constant state of readiness.

America is in a state of constant readiness for nuclear attack.

"We are going to place our military at a higher state of readiness."

Thus he must always be in a state of readiness.

What needed preparing was kept at a state of near readiness all the time.

"We are always at the highest state of readiness," she said.

They know all about the present state of readiness in the core!