Sentence examples similar to troops division from inspiring English sources

On 1 January 1775, Zavadovsky became Adjutant-General to the Empress (he became her official favorite in May) and Potemkin moved to command the St . Petersburgtroop division.

Instead of cutting back on hugely expensive weapons programs in order to build more troop divisions — Iraq has made it painfully obvious that a larger army is necessary for fighting counterinsurgency wars — the review favored the fighter jets and carriers that are the lifeblood of military contractors and members of Congress.

What the administration mainly feared was the Q word -- quagmire -- meaning American troops in division strength trapped in an indecisive war.

At 7,000 troops, the division was significantly understrength.

Consisting of one parachute and two glider infantry regiments, with supporting troops, the division underwent rigorous training throughout 1943.

After having cleared the Island of Dordrecht of enemy troops the division was to advance into IJsselmonde over the Dordrecht bridge in order to reach Rotterdam.

However, on a high adventure trip which only a small part of the troop attends, divisions between patrols may disappear entirely.

It proved impossible to recruit sufficient troops for the division, and in December 1944 the division was downgraded to a brigade.

Most of the troops in the division were selective service soldiers, conscripted as a part of the US Army's first peacetime military draft.

Thousands of Union troops, including a division of black soldiers, swarmed into the breach.

Troops from the division rescued the Rangers and Delta Force soldiers who became trapped in a gun battle with Somalis in October 1993 that killed 20 American soldiers and wounded 86.