Sentence examples for logistical unit from inspiring English sources
I was the executive officer (second in command) of a mixed-gender logistical unit in the 173rd Airborne Brigade for seven months in and out of a combat zone, from March to October 2008.
Defense Secretary Liam Fox, addressing Parliament, also announced a temporary deployment of an additional 300 reserve troops from a logistical unit currently stationed in Cyprus to add to the force of nearly 10,000 British troops already in Afghanistan, the second-largest contingent of foreign troops after the Americans.
The base squadron was an administrative and logistical unit, intended to make its wing self-supporting and mobile.
Many other boat and logistical units support SEAL operations around the world.
Even then, it is limited to a withdrawal of combat brigades, leaving behind a large contingent of training units, logistical units, as well as "some" security units.
In addition, General Coburn said, leaders of logistical units must handle growing numbers of prisoners of war and provide food and other aid to Iraqi civilians.
But because so many of the military's logistical units are in the Reserve or National Guard, the Pentagon has had little choice but to tap more reservists, focusing on units and individuals that had not yet been mobilized since Sept. 11 , 2001
During 1969 PAVN logistical units had already begun the largest expansion of the Ho Chi Minh Trail conducted during the entire conflict.
All Australian and American logistical units were placed under COSC but Johns chose to exercise command of the Australian units through Secombe.
So far, the military appears to be resisting that — ordering the deployment chiefly of engineering, medical, and logistical units, and giving them instructions to avoid direct interaction with migrants.
General Clark also said that the makeup of American military forces in Iraq should be overhauled, with more special forces and light units and fewer conventional infantry units, which require significant amounts of lightly armed logistical support units that also make tempting targets for attacks.
