Sentence examples for marine assault from inspiring English sources

"It was a land, air and marine assault," said one of the officials, who requested anonymity because of the delicate nature of the operation.

A battalion of Marine assault forces was poised in the Arabian Sea aboard one of three aircraft carriers sent to the region.

Two US marine assault ships, the USS Kearsarge and the USS Ponce, both with Harrier jump-jets aboard, are also approaching the Libyan coast.

The multipronged attack in Paktika Province, near the Pakistan border, was hundreds of miles from the major Marine assault in southern Afghanistan and underscored the militants' ability to fight the American-led coalition on multiple fronts.

Because of an editing error, an article on Monday about an American Marine assault on the western Iraqi town of Husayba to drive out insurgents misstated the date of the Marine invasion of the restive city of Falluja.

From reported occupational specialty, participants were classified into six different categories of military occupational functions based on the most frequent common work tasks with the most prevalent function (marine assault infantry) used as reference occupational function.

Successful land operations in Puntland's coastal towns have accompanied these marine assaults.

Scarlett began dropping domed pods near land bridges and other choke points, while fending off Bomber's steady marine assaults.

Over a period of hours, marines assaulted four Iraqi homes, killing 24 people, almost all unarmed.

When the United States launched a marine amphibious assault against the Solomons in August 1942, Vandegrift surprised Guadalcanal's Japanese defenders with his bold use of concentrated, mobilized firepower.

At the same time, Mr. Rumsfeld directed the Navy to keep two aircraft carriers and two Marine amphibious assault groups ready to be sent to the gulf on 96-hour notice.