Sentence examples for from the platoon from inspiring English sources
Pretty soon, you're going to be an outcast from the platoon.
Pictures and memories from the platoon flood Facebook, and phone calls crisscross the country.
A native of Fredericksburg, Tex., General Hagee is a soft-spoken Vietnam veteran who has commanded marines from the platoon and company level to his current West Coast headquarters job.
— looks exactly like a private from the platoon George led in Korea, a private who died in the ambush that led to George's being awarded the Congressional Medal of Honor, for repelling an enemy attack single-handed after ripping a machine gun from the back of an overturned jeep and dragging the private's dead body back to a secure position with his teeth.
Leaders from the platoon through the 2nd Marine Division level, particularly at the Company and Battalion level, exhibited a determination to ignore indications of serious misconduct, perhaps to avoid conducting an inquiry that could prove adverse to themselves or their Marines...
Marlantes rubs our face in much of the reality of the Vietnam War from the platoon level -- but to what end?
The base had come under attack from insurgents and the platoon based there were busy fighting them off when air support was called in, Coroner Derek Winter said.
So when the second platoon of Company C, Fifth Battalion, can roll in from the field to the tent city that has sprouted here this month to house the first of the Army's new Stryker Brigades, from Fort Lewis, Wash., the platoon's 35 soldiers relish small comforts and reminders of home.
The objective was captured following a simultaneous assault from both ends; the platoon then dismantled demolition charges that had been fitted to the bridge, and dug in to wait for reinforcement or relief.
Having established that the North Koreans held the high ground, Green ordered Morrison to withdraw across the bridge in order to allow an airstrike to take place from 17:15, with the platoon bringing 10 North Korean prisoners with them as they did so.
