Sentence examples for on the brigade from inspiring English sources

McClellan recalled that while observing that battle he declared to Gen. Joseph Hooker, "They must be made of Iron," bestowing on the brigade its ultimate nom de guerre: the Iron Brigade.

He was referring to occasional Vietcong mortar attacks on the brigade headquarters area.

The casualties are taking a tremendous emotional toll on the brigade.

Others, though, serve on the brigade staff, in intelligence and psychological operations, which until recently were part of the Special Forces and thus off limits to women.

We all understand the requirement imposed on the brigade to save money, but we need to talk about these matters in an adult, professional way and negotiate an agreed settlement, instead of threatening to sack every firefighter in Greater Manchester.

(Spencer Ackerman, in a useful post on how to spot a whitewash in the case, also points to an Army Times article on the brigade; some of its units had other difficulties, like being trained for urban warfare in Iraq and being sent to Afghanistan instead).

During that time, another controversial incident occurred in May when Confederate cavalry in Austin, Miss., fired on some of the brigade's boats on the Mississippi.

This is art for the easy-on-the-eye brigade, the philistine rich and the know-nothing middle classes.

With the War on Terrorism the brigade has seen two deployments, one to Afghanistan to support Operation Enduring Freedom in 2003, and one to Iraq to support Operation Iraqi Freedom in 2005.

However, in the advance on Derna, the brigade managed to beat Robertson's 19th Infantry Brigade to Giovanni Berta.

On September 24 , 2013 the brigade cased its colors and headed out on another deployment to Afghanistan for nine months.