Sentence examples for boat units from inspiring English sources

The boarding party was part of an expanded campaign by Navy Seals and Special Boat Units to gain access to the lower Tigris River, a crucial first step for shipping military equipment and relief aid into southern Iraq.

He commanded several torpedo boat units and served as watch officer aboard several warships, as well as Kaiser Wilhelm II's yacht.

The KA-BAR knives issued to the SBUs (Special Boat Units) had catastrophically failed to cut the Marines free from their webbing.

Coastal Command's requirement programme was 150 Catalinas and 76 Sunderlands for 26 flying-boat units; 32 Liberators and 32 Wellingtons or Whitleys to equip four long-range GR squadrons; 64 Mosquitoes and 180 GR Hudsons for 15 medium to long-range units; 128 Beauforts for eight torpedo-bomber squadrons; and 160 Beaufighters for 10 long-range fighter squadrons.

This morning, based on a 12-hour patrol with a four-boat unit, it appeared that American and coalition naval forces had gained almost complete control of the waterways bordering Iraq and Kuwait near the city of Umm Qasr, a strategic port where American and British marines are battling Iraqi troops.

In addition to its flying squadrons, the wing controlled No. 2 Flying Boat Maintenance Unit, No. 11 Air Sea Rescue Flight, and No. 3 Mobile Torpedo Unit.

The scale has a discrete osseous layer which is composed of boat-like unit (due to the shape).

The boat-like unit in osseous layer makes the scale flexible while keeping a high thickness ratio of osseous layer to fibrillary layer, which increases the flexibility and protection capacity of the scale This study may provide new strategy for the design of flexible armor or flexible devices.

Many other boat and logistical units support SEAL operations around the world.

Three navy ships were sent to search and intercept the gunmen's boat, while ground units were also alerted to locate possible landing sites in southeastern Mindanao, an army commander said.

The United States also has provided inflatable rescue boats, water filtration units and prefabricated steel bridges.