Sentence examples for platoon was ordered to from inspiring English sources

This proved fatal when the platoon was ordered to attack a German position.

On May 25, Gaje, now in command of his company's D platoon, was ordered to take the position.

He had ordered only two Marines to stand watch while the rest of the platoon was ordered to rest before an expected Taliban attack at first light.

As house-to-house fighting raged in the village outside, his platoon was ordered to mount some bicycles hanging from the ceiling and make a dash for it.

After the platoon was ordered to withdraw, Wilson ordered it to higher ground.

6 Platoon was ordered to advance through 4 Platoon to assault the machine-gun on the left flank, before linking up with 5 Platoon and continuing the assault.

Just days after Private Bowe Bergdahl went missing from his base in Afghanistan in 2009, the men in his platoon were ordered to sign papers vowing to never discuss what he did, or their efforts to track him down.

By now, it was about nine-thirty, and the men in the rear of the first platoon were ordered to pass forward extra belts of machine-gun ammunition and hand grenades.

If an infantry platoon is ordered to take a hill and fails to do so because of enemy resistance, an order is not given to break out flame throwers and mustard gas in violation of the Law of Armed Conflict.

Shanina, who served as an assistant platoon commander, was ordered to commit the female snipers to combat.

The platoon leader objected — splitting his platoon in a hostile area rendered his men vulnerable — but he was ordered to proceed.