Sentence examples for on a platoon from inspiring English sources

About 20 rebels opened fire on a platoon of American and Afghan soldiers in broad daylight, wounding at least six other soldiers before retreating across the border to Pakistan, as many attackers have in recent weeks.

Settling on a platoon of Ricky Ledee and Shane Spencer might seem to be the easy way out, he said, but because there are few left-handed pitchers in the American League, then the right-handed-hitting Spencer would not play much -- and last year, Spencer struggled badly when he did not play daily.

He started the first and last games of the series on a platoon situation; Paschal faced left-handed pitchers and Durst faced right-handed pitchers.

The paper focuses on the design of the velocity of a platoon based on fuel consumption, road slopes, emissions and traveling time.

The paper focuses on the design of a platoon control system which takes into consideration safe travel by using the string stability theorem and the knowledge of the inclinations of the road along the route of the platoon.

He even took several questions on his preference for a platoon system at running back.

"Tropic Thunder" follows actors who get tangled up in real warfare with a paramilitary drug gang while working out their anxieties and insecurities on a "Platoon -like movie shoot.

How many have been on it A platoon, a company perhaps?

Nothing of note is going on; just a platoon of soldiers, marching under the gathering clouds, their ponchos and combat helmets mirrored on the ice.

At the opening of the inquest on Tuesday a platoon commander said he had been warned by an American private security firm that the area had been mined, and he passed this information on.

The defenders held on until a platoon of reinforcements arrived and forced them to retire to a nearby village.