Sentence examples for manning a post from inspiring English sources

That allows Pakistan to begin to restore its ties with America, after they were strained almost to breaking following the deaths, in November, of 24 Pakistani soldiers manning a post on the Afghan border.

They were furious that 24 soldiers, manning a post on the border with Afghanistan, were killed last November by American aircraft in a ghastly "friendly fire" incident, and the government demanded an apology it has yet to receive.

Serving alongside Pakistani, Chechen and Arab volunteers, Atiqurahman manned a post on the second line of Taliban forces in the village of Kalai Nasro near the Bagram air base 35 miles north of Kabul.

Lack of manpower meant they could not fully man their trenches, so a system was adopted where six men manned a post, with only two on duty during the day.

With his revolver, Averill fired at two Germans manning a guard post, forcing them to cover, fire and the rest of the platoon joined him.

A principal scientist on the monitoring team, Johnston perished while manning an observation post 6 miles away on the morning of May 18 , 1980

Red Cloud, then a Corporal, was manning a forward listening post in front of E Company's position.

By Dexter Filkins November 13 , 2015A Kurdish peshmerga soldier mans an observation post in northern Iraq.

The queen, who thought to give this honest young man a post in her kingdom, said that his malady precluded him from ever getting a post.

Austin Pilkington was aggrieved at Horne's failure to make the most of the opportunity he had provided, and decided against offering the young man a post in the family firm.

"Many, many amazing people have condemned this crime from across the world including many random people who seem to want to apologize for the heinous acts of this man," a post on the page read.