Sentence examples for assault marines from inspiring English sources

In an overnight assault, marines attacked a building in the inner ring of Najaf's Old City, less than 400 yards west of the shrine.

Assaults by marines and armored vehicles along the 20 miles of coast would require amphibious crafts to plow over the barrier beaches of Padre Island National Seashore and then cut across the Intracoastal Canal and the ecologically sensitive Laguna Madre, an estuarial breeding ground of sea grasses.

Also involved are Howitzers, Nona self-propelled artillery and Rapier anti-tank guns, and the aim is to improve cooperation with motorised infantry, tank, air-assault and marine units.

Red Storm Rising imagines a third world war fought with conventional weapons, including an amphibious assault by US marines on Iceland.

According to several militia members, many Shiite fighters are streaming into Falluja to help Sunni insurgents repel a punishing assault by United States marines.

Last week a fullscale military assault with 150 marines and a four-hour gun battle resulted in the death of Antonio Guillén, one of the leaders of the Gulf cartel.

The decision to turn over control of the city to the all-Iraqi Falluja Brigade came after the assault by American marines had sparked an uproar across the country.

The mosque was later assaulted by American marines.

Over a period of hours, marines assaulted four Iraqi homes, killing 24 people, almost all unarmed.

"It was a land, air and marine assault," said one of the officials, who requested anonymity because of the delicate nature of the operation.

A battalion of Marine assault forces was poised in the Arabian Sea aboard one of three aircraft carriers sent to the region.