Sentence examples for a platoon to from inspiring English sources

Thuong waited until they were less than a hundred yards away before giving the order to fire, and then pinned them down and captured them by sending a platoon to circle around behind.

But on April 17, Brett Gardner, the regular left fielder, went down with a strained right elbow, and since then, Ibanez and the 35-year-old Andruw Jones have formed a platoon to replace him, and have done so admirably.

Cars also keep an eye on their position relative to other vehicles in a platoon to ensure they keep a safe distance.

The 55th sent a platoon to flank the oncoming Americans, but it was cut to pieces.

The vehicles were therefore left with a platoon to the south of Isdud to block a possible Egyptian retreat.

Before his major league career, Thompson entered the military and participated in Operation Market Garden, where he led a platoon to secure a bridge over the Maas River.

He commanded units from a cavalry platoon to a tank brigade; while aboard Army helicopters in Vietnam, he was shot down several times by enemy fire and wounded.

"Why pay for a British platoon to guard a base, when you can hire Gurkhas at a fraction of the cost?" asks one.Nobody knows how long government contracts will last after the CPA dissolves on June 30th.

"You can't ask an NGO to blow up half a mountain to clear roads and you can't ask an army platoon to ask a middle-aged woman whether she needs sanitary napkins," he wrote in a recent post.

"Only that it is an honored platoon to be a part of".

Fleetwood then arrived at the head of a 1RAR platoon to support Devine and Husher.