Sentence examples for each convoy from inspiring English sources
Each convoy – a "tactical road march" – departs without much fanfare, said Lt. Col. Andy Poznick.
American commanders, acknowledging they have little chance of stopping the suicide bombers once the bomb-laden vehicles set out, have authorized the machine-gunners in the last vehicle of each convoy to open fire on any driver who ignores hand signals and warning shots to back off as he approaches a convoy from the rear.
This change allowed the IJN to allocate more escort ships to each convoy and it was hoped that conducting fewer convoys would also reduce the number of targets available to submarines.
"There has not been much movement on the bureaucratic obstacles, there is still a need for authorisations at several levels for each convoy, something we continue to work on with the Syrian government," OCHA spokesman Jens Laerke told a news briefing in Geneva.
They were short of tanks and anti-aircraft guns and the lines of communication across the Mediterranean were vulnerable, because each convoy had to pass close to Axis-held inlands in the Aegean; despite the British Royal Navy's domination of the Aegean Sea.
"Each convoy has to be approved by the Israeli Defense Force so that we can get down to those areas in safety without being attacked ourselves, which takes time," he said.
A new group of State Department security agents have flown in to help supervise each Blackwater convoy.
In particular, the depot (i.e. the place where each rail convoy starts the service every day and is housed every night) is located at one end of the line (i.e. at the beginning of the outward trip).
According to his military records, the unit "attempted to break through the enemy line of resistance several times in order to relieve the convoy, each time coming under heavy, sustained fire, during which Sergeant Fletcher never wavered in his determination to engage the enemy".
They arrive each morning in convoy on three 50cc scooters before starting their day's work.
They pass through a series of national-guard checkpoints, paying a bribe for each vehicle in the convoy.
