Sentence examples for support the platoon from inspiring English sources

Moving to support the platoon in contact, Scott ordered D Company to conduct an assault against the flank and rear of the bunker complex, mounted in APCs with tanks in support.

To support the beleaguered platoon, Healy subsequently ordered the support section from company headquarters to move forward to provide covering fire, while 3 Platoon moved up on the left flank.

Mackay now estimated that he would be unable to get forward to support the beleaguered platoon for a further 30 minutes; however, by 17:50 he realised that the Viet Cong had moved between them and A Company.

In this scenario, the concept of a platoon leader is not supported and all the vehicles in a platoon support the same type of one-vehicle-look-ahead CACC controller topology.

None of the four hit anything, and the Sergeant radioed the platoon command for artillery support, which was quickly granted; the coöperation, Eriksson recalled, pleased Meserve no end, since it implicitly conferred an importance on the skirmish.

He created a ruthlessly demanding personal training regimen without the support of a platoon of coaches, dietitians and stretchers.

The Hamilcar carried the battalion's two Universal Carriers used to support the mortar and machine-gun platoons.

The Hamilcar carried the battalion's two Universal Carriers, which were used to support the mortar and machine-gun platoons.

Each regiment was supposed to detach three-tank platoons to support the infantry divisions and border areas in times of crisis.

To support the airbase and the garrison, a platoon was diverted to working on the docks and roads.

The base had come under attack from insurgents and the platoon based there were busy fighting them off when air support was called in, Coroner Derek Winter said.