Sentence examples for platoon due to from inspiring English sources

The first lieutenant of his Marine division witnessed the death of his driver and injuries to seven other members of his platoon due to a roadside improvised explosive device (IED) that day in September 2006.

Platoon is a typical mobility pattern of VANETs in which vehicles are forced to organize in platoons due to road congestion, legal speed limits, weather condition or other reasons resulting in the closing relative velocities between vehicles.

I told my family only when my platoon was due to go on its first mission the next day.

"The simple fact is that my son had little if any flexibility in positioning his platoon and associated weapons systems due to prenegotiated locations that were agreed to with the district governor of Wanat," Mr. Brostrom said by e-mail.

"Some platoon commanders considered that casualties would have occurred due to weapon stoppages if the enemy had put up any resistance..."...

Autonomous vehicles platooning has received considerable attention in recent years, due to its potential to significantly benefit road transportation, improving traffic efficiency, enhancing road safety and reducing fuel consumption.

Bubba was originally supposed to be the senior partner in the Bubba Gump Shrimp Company, but due to his death in Vietnam, their platoon leader, Dan Taylor, took his place.

Thompson's company dug in at the end of the runway nearest OP 1 with XO Peter Everts' platoon overlooking the deep ravine where caves kept the NVA from harm due to B-52 strikes called in on their location.

Director Alister Grierson was chosen for the job due to his success with Kokoda, a true story about a platoon of soldiers lost in the jungle.

He participated in several patrols and due to a shortage of officers, occasionally took command of platoons of British infantry.

In addition, due to the introduction of delay estimation to the routing selection in CAIR, the probability of disconnections between platoons even with traffic lights enabled is reduced.