Sentence examples for black units from inspiring English sources
The Army was still segregated; black units were led by white officers.
The majority were slaves serving with their masters' consent in separate black units.
So when they were issued heavy equipment, black units sometimes received vehicles otherwise headed for the scrapheap.
The sergeants I met are either in charge of entire Ranger companies or have moved into the so-called black units of Socom, like Delta Force.
The sadness had many aspects: the squandered effort to dig a mine, packed with gunpowder, under enemy lines; drunken, incompetent Union officers; rookie black units thrown into battle, to be slaughtered by Confederates determined to take no black prisoners.
These regiments were unique among all of the black units that served in the Civil War, for while the field officers of the new regiments were white, the line, or company, officers were free men of color.
Assigned to the 99th Pursuit Squadron, a black unit, he taught more than 150 pilots, many of whom saw action during the war.
The Nato coalition in Afghanistan has been using an undisclosed "black" unit of special forces, Task Force 373, to hunt down targets for death or detention without trial.
The war logs also detail: How a secret "black" unit of special forces hunts down Taliban leaders for "kill or capture" without trial.
Fortunes turned in 1947 when an enlightened general, James Gavin, recognised the unit's value and incorporated it into the 82nd Airborne Division – the first black unit integrated into a US combat division.
The sphere — the vehicle's pressure hull — rests on a rectangular black unit, mostly of aluminum, which is about six by eight by three feet and which contains batteries and other equipment.
