Sentence examples for under direct fire from inspiring English sources

They can always tell when troops who call in airstrikes are under direct fire.

They heard sniper fire and occasional artillery bombardments, but never came under direct fire.

It appeared that Mr. Niyazov's armored Mercedes, which he was driving himself, had not come under direct fire.

He managed to make contact with Bagram Air Base, calling in his unit's location and the size of the enemy force, even as he came under direct fire, according to a declassified Navy account of the battle.

Under direct fire, FGD gypsum can form a protective physical barrier on the resin's exterior surfaces.

For students who started classes before they were called up for active duty, time spent in a combat zone, even if not under direct fire, disrupted academic progress.

Senior judges have come under unusually direct fire, with the prime minister declaring himself "appalled" by a Supreme Court ruling that sex offenders should be allowed to apply to be removed from police registers, rather than remain on them for life.

That small-unit tactic enabled tanks to roll forward under the overwatching direct fire of other tanks from stationary positions, which established "mastery by fire of the area of assault".

General Craparotta said that although the Taliban had not come back with the same strength in this summer's fighting season as they had last year, Marines were still taking direct fire and under threat from homemade bombs every day, particularly in areas like Sangin and north toward the Kajaki Dam.

When the big attack on COP Keating came, at 5 58 in the morning on October 3, 2009, our soldiers were very brave, according to the report: Continuing to fight under the heavy enemy indirect and direct fire from superior tactical positions….

During the establishment of the major incident infrastructure, the initial casualty clearing station came under direct rifle fire from the terrorist.