Sentence examples for spearhead unit from inspiring English sources

About an hour's drive away in a lonely fort constructed of sand, the militia's spearhead unit dozes the afternoon heat away in a Bedouin tent.

Such was the respect that Allied commanders had for the Māori Battalion that they were frequently used as a spearhead unit.

Fierce attacks continued yesterday against military units and convoys stretched out along the long, thin supply line between Kuwait and the spearhead units moving toward Baghdad.

Colonel Aric Granit is "strategic consultant with the Israeli ministry of defence and defence industries", and Brigadier General Mati Leshem spent 27 years in the Israeli Defence Forces (IDF) during which, the company states, "he commanded various spearhead units, led soldiers in several wars and combat operations, and served as commander".

Their job is to ensure that the arriving "spearhead" units can deploy rapidly to where they are needed, but in normal times they will assist with collective defence planning and mounting multinational exercises.

The seizure of ten truckloads of rations and fuel enabled the spearhead units to continue without ceasing.

Self-propelled artillery moved with the spearhead units and was sited well forward, ready to engage protected German positions with indirect fire.

He wanted the Air Force to isolate the battlefield and prevent further North Korean reinforcements and supplies from moving across the river in support of the North Korean spearhead units.

The Femen protest group describe themselves as "sextremists" on their website, the "special force of feminism, its spearhead militant unit, modern incarnation of fearless and free Amazons".

The group — which describes itself on its website as "a special force of feminism, its spearhead militant unit, modern incarnation of fearless and free Amazons" — has staged similar high-profile public protests over abortion rights and female genital mutilation, among other issues.

In an interview, Mr. Bird called the new unit the "spearhead" of the bank's move into the future.