Sentence examples for platoon called from inspiring English sources

Aguigui added that his father had agreed to drill the militia on weekends, and that there would be an élite platoon called 666.

Several members of Sergeant Vela's platoon called on the military panel to factor in his performance in the Army and the often confusing conditions on the battlefield.

She learned to run for a bunker upon hearing the cry, "incoming!" The platoon called it her "hoof training" and "hoof camp".

The writer onscreen (played by Lee Tergesen) is never named — the men in the platoon call him "Reporter" or "Writer" or nothing — and he's rarely on camera.

These 50-man platoons (called "fifth platoons" because they were one more than the four that generally constituted a company) would then be assigned to established white infantry outfits.

Lieutenant Emmanuel, the platoon commander, called over the radio: "They're running away.

Some of his former platoon mates called him a deserter, even a traitor.

He returned to his platoon and called for artillery fire on a house, the most distant enemy position.

Second Lt. Justin R. Smith, the platoon leader, called for help from an artillery battery, then radioed Sgt. Craig W. Tanner, the squad leader on the opposite side.

It soon became apparent that the platoon was pinned down on the edge of a strongly defended and well-concealed bunker system, with the platoon commander calling for assistance from helicopter gunships, as well as indirect mortar fire rather than risking further casualties by withdrawing.

After his marriage and reënlistment, the young marines in Travis's platoon began calling Kellee Mrs. War Pig.