Sentence examples for combatants deployed from inspiring English sources

The Royal Navy dominated the Indian Ocean, and while the numbers of combatants deployed on the continent were minuscule compared to those waging European war, the forces of the British Empire (let alone those of colonial Belgium and Portugal) were vastly superior in numbers to the Kaiser's force in Africa.

In addition, little is known about the differential factors affecting the incidence of mental disorders in male and female combatants deployed to OEF/OIF [ 36].

By Breaking the Silence's own admission, the allegations are comprised of "the testimony of around 30 combatants" – a fraction of the thousands of Israeli combat troops deployed during the Gaza conflict.

Mini "flashbang" stun grenades, which are used by the US army to disorient combatants, have also been deployed.

But its marked reluctance to deploy combatants and take casualties in Syria also suggests that Tehran is hedging its bets.

When I interviewed him in Dublin for the Observer in 2009, he spoke about the "articulate mockery" deployed by all the combatants in the Troubles.

That changed last year, when the LRAD's "sound deterrent feature" -- originally designed for military use against "enemy combatants" in the Persian Gulf -- was deployed as an "area denial device" against protesters, first in the streets of Ferguson, then in the streets of Manhattan.

Song historians may have confused the total number of Jin personnel deployed on the front with the number of Jin combatants at Caishi.

Six live parakeets ($9 each) were deployed across the shower-curtain bar to, as the combatants put it, "Guard the beer".

In the past, units such as the Army's Delta Force — which is part of SOCOM and its subordinate command JSOC — were usually deployed under those regional commanders, known as geographic combatant commands.

British forces were deployed to Sierra Leone in May 2000, initially for a non-combatant evacuation operation under the codename Operation Palliser, in which they were tasked with evacuating foreign nationals particularly those from the United Kingdom, other Commonwealth countries, and others for whom the British government had accepted consular responsibility.