Sentence examples for capable soldier from inspiring English sources

He also was a capable soldier who fought well in the Seven Weeks' War of 1866 and in the Franco-German War of 1870 71.

His commanding officer said the reservist was a "young, enthusiastic and highly capable" soldier.

His commanding officer said he was a "young, enthusiastic and highly capable" soldier.

He was quickly identified as being a fit, capable soldier and handpicked for the Parachute Regiment.

By all accounts, Nikephoros Phokas was a capable soldier.

A capable soldier and administrator, he consolidated Muslim rule in the area and expanded the Caliphate's border to include most of Transoxiana.

Worldwide decreases in physical fitness and increases in body fat among youth have set challenges for armed forces to recruit physically capable soldiers.

I witnessed the problems that I was told by peers, subordinates and superiors to expect: pregnancy, romantic jealousy, adultery, bitterness over different standards – and I also witnessed capable soldiers willing and eager to accomplish the mission.

The reasoning is that Buhari, as a northern Fulani, would have a greater incentive to resolve a conflict in his own region, and, as a former major general, he would be able to root out the military officials who, because of greed and a desire to retain influence, are preventing Nigeria's once capable soldiers from successfully fighting Boko Haram.

IS' most capable soldiers, its "special forces", have typically been Iraqi and Syrian militants with long experience of fighting in those countries, and graduates of other insurgencies, notably the Libyan-heavy al-Battar Brigade or the various units of militants from Chechnya or elsewhere in the Caucasus.

So, I went on the approved tour of the facilities, led by capable soldiers doing their jobs.