Sentence examples for use of platoon from inspiring English sources

Later, the Australian use of platoon patrols to search an area and conduct ambushes was challenged by the constant movement of North Vietnamese forces operating in superior strength, which threatened to quickly overwhelm an isolated patrol.

And the cloud-based system further limits the use of platooning to specified roads in safe driving conditions.

In February 1917, the British General Staff released a training pamphlet titled SS 143 Instructions for the Training of Platoons for Offensive Action, espousing the return to the pre-war emphasis on fire and movement tactics and the use of the platoon as a self-contained tactical unit.

These included several new mission types, such as conquering rebels of the player's race, rescuing and rebuilding besieged towns, rescuing friendly forces from an enemy camp and then destroying the main enemy base, and limited-forces missions, in which neither side could make further units, and making efficient use of one's platoon was a key strategy element.

(Its use in the soundtrack of "Platoon" is the most famous example).

The Mets could use a platoon of Wigginton and Joe McEwing at third, giving them a pairing of protégé and mentor.

They were just a couple of entrepreneurs who thought they could make a living from a "barbecue pit", using a platoon of waiters to serve motorists who sat in parked cars.

In this paper, we address this issue by using a platoon of cars considered as more or less autonomous software agents.

The 2004 Raiders used a platoon of five runners (Wheatley, Crockett, Justin Fargas, J. R. Redmond and Amos Zereoue) who all rushed for between 100 and 500 yards and caught between 10 and 40 passes.

The presence of Kendrick deepens the team's bench because the club can now use proposed platoon mates Enrique Hernandez and Chase Utley as utility players.

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