Sentence examples for elite platoon from inspiring English sources
It also creates a striking diversity: among the more than 100 reservists who make up this elite platoon are left-wing kibbutzniks and right-wing settlers, goat farmers and lawyers, 22-year-old students and 40-year-old construction workers -- men who distinguished themselves during their compulsory army service and were specially selected to join.
Specialist Wade, a whiz with a soccer ball, was a member of the elite scouts platoon and on a fast track to promotion.
Military investigators will interview former members of an elite Army platoon accused of killing unarmed Vietnamese civilians in 1967, according to a newspaper report.
The Army allowed the brothers to serve in the same elite Ranger platoon, a decision that led to the fatal snafu that put Kevin and Pat in separate patrols, on a spurious mission, ordered from a distant command post, to save a disabled vehicle, while exposing men to danger.
Shot on location mostly at Parris Island, S.C., the corps's East Coast training station, the spot shows real Marines doing real basic training exercises, although actually the Marines shown are members of the elite Silent Drill Platoon, not new recruits.
The report, published in October and titled "Rogue G.I.'s Unleashed Wave of Terror in Central Highlands," said that in 1967, an elite unit, a reconnaissance platoon in the 101st Airborne Division, went on a rampage that the newspaper described as "the longest series of atrocities in the Vietnam War".
A12 Platoon to Be Investigated Military investigators will interview former members of an elite Army platoon accused of killing unarmed Vietnamese civilians in 1967, according to a newspaper report.
Vincent Noble, the platoon leader and mission commander at the time, will be the only members of the elite unit to be called as official parties to the court of inquiry, said Lt. Col. Scott Jack, a lawyer for Major Galvin.
