Sentence examples for special battalions from inspiring English sources
Soviet casualties were indeed horrific, as were some of Moscows methods of waging war: retreating troops were often shot by special battalions; some 158,000 Soviet soldiers were executed for disciplinary reasons.
Model reorganized his artillery into special battalions under the direct control of the divisional and corps commanders.
The army conducts sweeps as it advances on guerrillas, and has a special battalion for "humanitarian" demining.
This special battalion is intended as a strike force of determined soldiers who will focus on capturing or eliminating insurgents.
Bremer had turned down the Governing Council proposal but had compromised by creating a special battalion of several hundred Iraqis from the various militias, who were trained by Special Forces.
"I do not know any homosexuals personally, but I have seen them on TV and I saw them on 20 January in the square here in Voronezh," says Yevgeny Mazepin, a lawyer and leader of a campaign group called Special Battalion in Voronezh, a city of a million people some 500km south of the Russian capital, Moscow.
When rebels reached the gates of Tripoli, the special battalion entrusted by Gadhafi with guarding the capital promptly surrendered.
The structure as of 2012 is as follows: General Headquarters, Bucharest * 6th Special Operations Brigade "Mihai Viteazul", Târgu Mureş ** One special operations battalion, two paratrooper battalions and one logistics battalion * 8th Artillery Brigade "Alexandru Ioan Cuza", Focşani ** Three Multiple Rocket Launchers battalions, one Data acquisition battalion and one logistics battalion.
It later became the 6th Special Operations Brigade on 25 October 2011, composed of a special operations battalion, two paratrooper battalions and a logistic battalion.
These permanent attachments include the 87th Combat Sustainment Support Battalion, and a Special Troops Battalion.
The 10th Mountain Division Headquarters and Headquarters Battalion is a special troops battalion of the United States Army headquartered at Fort Drum, New York.
