Sentence examples for platoon that from inspiring English sources

In the Army he received training in managing a platoon that repaired jeeps and tanks.

I met with a platoon that had just lost six of their teammates.

platoon that was overrun 4 days before by enemy forces in central Vietnam.

But he considered that boring so he asked to work with an infantry unit, joining a platoon that had been in Afghanistan since March.

He will get the chance to win the job from a three-man platoon that has been disappointing as the Jets have struggled with their interior pass rush.

At Urus-Kert, Captain Sokolov organized the final defense of the hilltop, aided by a few soldiers from a platoon that had broken through rebel lines.

As a result, many envisage the idea of "car platooning" that will link together cars on high-speed highways to travel faster, more safely, and using less space.

Once St. Croix and Banville were cleared, the Canadian Scots pushed south to Colombiers, reinforced the platoons that had captured the bridge across the Seulles earlier in the day, and moved towards the Creully Caen road.

On 22 May, Derrick's was one of two platoons that attacked a well-defended knoll and captured the position.

But under pressure from the government to stop outlying towns from falling to the Taliban, the force was parcelled out into "platoon houses" that came under severe attack.

In March his company introduced software for the Palm operating system called Platoon Warrior that is intended to replace the bulky administrative books used by Army officers.