Sentence examples for * the battlegroups from inspiring English sources

Established since 2007, the battlegroups have never seen action.

Yet despite being at full operational capability for more than seven years, the battlegroups have never seen action.

They may be small, but many experts think the battlegroups are a more useful tool for crisis management than NATO's hard-punching response force.Europe's awkward shapeAmerica wants to tap into these resources, and seems ready to reconsider the taboo against a separate European operational headquarters.

An ambassador to the E.U. offered an analogy to explain this continued political resistance to deploying the battlegroups.

It wasn't as dangerous as it sounds (ultimately, the battlegroup did not lose a single man in combat); nor was it out of concern for the rules, nor out of a sense of duty.

This team is led by the Battlegroup commander who expresses his desired intent to the team, leaving them to develop courses of action while he or she undertakes other tasks.

Rommel garrisoned these positions, reinforcing the battlegroup and ordering it onto the defensive.

The regiment and the battlegroup managed to extend the bridgehead towards the Karlovac Slunj road.

Stefanowicz commander of the Polish battlegroups on Hill 262 was skeptical of his force's chance of survival: Gentlemen.

There would be no further attacks; the two battlegroups of the Polish 1st Armoured Division had survived the onslaught, despite being surrounded by German forces for three days.

Having captured Champeaux on 19 August, the Polish battlegroups converged on Chambois and with reinforcements from the 4th Canadian Armoured Division, the Poles secured the town and linked up with the U.S. 90th and French 2nd Armoured divisions by evening.