Sentence examples for cover force from inspiring English sources
The rest of Marumo's Cover Force then took station near the D'Entrecasteaux Islands to help screen Abe's oncoming convoy.
A separate Cover Force (sometimes referred to as the Tulagi Support Group)—commanded by Rear Admiral Kuninori Marumo and consisting of two light cruisers, the seaplane tender, and three gunboats—joined the Covering Group in supporting the Tulagi invasion.
A separate Cover Force (sometimes referred to as the Support Group), commanded by Rear Admiral Kuninori Marumo and consisting of two light cruisers, the seaplane tender, and three gunboats, joined the Covering Group in providing distant protection for the Tulagi invasion.
The transports were guarded by light cruiser, eight destroyers, and four patrol boats, led by Rear Admiral Raizo Tanaka (flag in Jintsu) Also departing from Rabaul to help protect the convoy was a "Close Cover force" of four heavy cruisers from the 8th Fleet, commanded by Vice Admiral Gunichi Mikawa.
In New York's Adirondacks, snow cover forced the postponement of the trout season and an annual bass tournament.
The absence of the cover forced the shuttle to do without a stowed parachute to help brake the shuttle's speed on the runway.
Disappearing sea ice cover forced an estimated 6,000 walruses, mainly females and their young, to come to shore on a remote barrier island off the Chukchi Sea, US government officials said on Friday.
Thick cloud cover forced the British to abort the mission and return two days later.
If the machine still jams, you can then open the disc cover, forcing the disc to stop immediately.
The brigade was designated as the "Right Covering Force", and allocated several objectives including "No.3 Post", "Big Table Top" and "Destroyer Ridge".
In February 2008, the current reform plan was described as: "The short term, 2008-2010, will see the setting in place of a Rapid Reaction Force; the medium term, 2008 -2015, with a Covering Force; and finally the long term, 2015-2020, with a Principal Defence Force".
