Sentence examples for outpost duties from inspiring English sources
Scouting, escort, and outpost duties were also routine.
After inspecting the front just days before the battle, General J. Lawton Collins, the US Army Chief of Staff, concluded that most of the ROK formations were only fit for outpost duties.
In the 19th century distinctions between heavy and light cavalry became less significant; by the end of the Peninsular War, heavy cavalry were performing the scouting and outpost duties previously undertaken by light cavalry, and by the end of the 19th century the roles had effectively merged.
Van Dorn's feint toward Tennessee had bewildered Rosecrans, and most of his army was on outpost duty south of Corinth.
Fenton and his new regiment spent the majority of the next three years on outpost duty along the North Carolina seacoast, which had been secured by an amphibious expedition commanded by Brig.
Nor is it rooted in the sobriquet of the British 11th Hussars Regiment, known as "the Cherry-Pickers," which in 1814 included some men taken from outpost duty in a Spanish fruit garden and later because of their distinctive crimson trousers and hats.
At the same time, at least one gunman burst into the outpost where six other off-duty soldiers were relaxing and killed them all at close range, the army said.
Pentagon officials said they expected investigators to review the actions of Private Manning's supervisors to determine whether enforcement of security rules was lax in a remote outpost where soldiers are assigned to duty at computers virtually around the clock.
These outposts could be responsible for surveillance duties, steering local freighters or tankers away from potential threats and cooperating with coalition naval forces.
You will find few Americans who would consider his tedious duty at a tiny outpost their idea of fun.
Their film observes a platoon of US infantrymen during an extended tour of duty at "Restrepo", a remote outpost high up in the dusty, sometimes snow-covered Korengal valley in Afghanistan.
