Sentence examples for holding terrain from inspiring English sources

"Not enough troops on the ground keeps us pinned down in one place, only holding terrain or jumping from fire to fire," the officer said.

A similar study of 71 insurgencies by the Rand Corp., a federally funded think tank, played down the importance of holding terrain and concluded that insurgents who retain external support were nearly impossible to defeat.

"What we can offer, or make a reasonable inferences from, is that where the terrorists are holding terrain they are controlling everything that goes through it, including the trafficking of whatever — whether it's weapons or drugs".

Doing so would require government troops to rapidly improve and expand their ability to hold terrain.

Equipped with only light armour, these horsemen were unable to hold terrain or to stand on the defensive.

He said that his men could make forays into Taliban areas but that they could not hold terrain.

"Certainly when they hold terrain, it makes training more safe and secure than on disputed terrain; therefore, more and better training," said one senior American military official.

There has been a series of attacks in recent months that suggests a new offensive spirit, though not necessarily the capacity to take and hold terrain.

"Limiting our advisors to headquarters buildings will not help newly trained Iraqi and Syrian opposition forces hold terrain, much less defeat ISIL in the field," he said, referring to the Islamic State.

As every soldier should know, you can't hold a terrain without boots on the ground.

Crucially, the Zetas hold their terrain absolutely and its location in north-eastern Mexico affords access to Houston, which the FBI, briefing the Observer last week, called "the hub city" for alliances with local gangs – the old "Texas Syndicate" and loose-knit "Tango Blast".