How to Use battalion in a Sentence

battalion

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  • They were then both flown to the hospital, the battalion chief said.
    — CBS News, 3 Jan. 2023
  • And all of us knew this battalion had not been scheduled to land until late that day.
    — The Oregonian, oregonlive, 27 Mar. 2023
  • The new battalion was formed as a product of the military reforms in May 2022.
    — Stephanie Petit, Peoplemag, 17 June 2023
  • The convoy reached Larry, Moe and the tank battalions in the palace area, ensuring that Perkins and his force could remain in place.
    — William Branigin, Washington Post, 17 Mar. 2023
  • Some are wounded and the battalion doctor is treating the injured.
    — Dan Senor, Fortune, 5 Nov. 2023
  • Each battalion in the New Zealand Army has its own haka, with its own words that the soldiers hiss and bellow.
    — Luke Mogelson, The New Yorker, 26 Dec. 2022
  • Washington then read the script and signed on to play the role of Captain Charity Adams, the commander of the 6888 battalion.
    — Angelique Jackson, Variety, 16 Feb. 2023
  • The first set of 10 tanks will be followed by another 21—enough to arm a Ukrainian tank battalion.
    — Kyle Mizokami, Popular Mechanics, 7 Sep. 2023
  • In April 1945, Hodges and his battalion stormed the beaches of Okinawa and was involved in heavy fighting.
    — Houston Mitchell, Los Angeles Times, 19 Sep. 2023
  • The 44th Brigade so far has received perhaps a battalion of Leopard 1A5s.
    — David Axe, Forbes, 28 Nov. 2023
  • First, in 2003, American battalions were in charge of dozens of Iraqi cities, Shiite and Sunni.
    — David Harsanyi, National Review, 16 Mar. 2023
  • The tank operators were part of Germany’s 393rd tank battalion, based in the eastern state Thuringia.
    — James Angelos, New York Times, 24 Jan. 2023
  • The Marine is on active duty and assigned to the battalion stationed at Camp Pendleton, Palmer said.
    — Nathan Solis, Los Angeles Times, 7 July 2023
  • At this point, the battalion commander ordered his troops to stop firing.
    — Bruno Nota, ABC News, 16 Dec. 2023
  • Later that day, Wilkins met with the battalion tactical officer at the prep-school.
    — Jordan Gonsalves, Time, 1 Dec. 2022
  • Israel’s forces have already destroyed 18 of the 24 Hamas battalions.
    — Dennis Ross, Foreign Affairs, 13 Mar. 2024
  • In late February, a bridge on the only road into Slavutych was blown up, and a Russian battalion camped outside the town.
    — Byrichard Stone, science.org, 8 Dec. 2022
  • With its tank battalion shrinking to the size of a company, the brigade initiated its second tank swap.
    — David Axe, Forbes, 23 Feb. 2024
  • On the night of the fire, dispatchers notified the area battalion chief at 9:36 p.m. about a fire in the two-story building at Reisterstown and Cherry Hill roads.
    — Lia Russell, Baltimore Sun, 6 Feb. 2024
  • Just one battalion, of about 650 people, has completed the training in Germany so far.
    — Isabelle Khurshudyan, Paul Sonne and Karen Deyoung, Anchorage Daily News, 14 Mar. 2023
  • But then a right-wing battalion, Ahrar al-Sham, appeared on the scene; the group, which had a flush arsenal donated by Gulf states, didn’t have to resort to looting.
    — Anand Gopal, The New Yorker, 11 Mar. 2024
  • The Ukrainians redoubled their attack with a frontal assault with two battalions along four streets.
    — Carlotta Gall, New York Times, 31 July 2023
  • The car dropped more than 250 feet and flipped several times before landing on its wheels, wedging against the cliff just feet from the surf, Brian Pottenger, a Cal Fire battalion chief, said at the scene.
    — Amanda Lee Myers, USA TODAY, 1 Feb. 2023
  • The force cited by the Kremlin — three battalions, roughly up to 3,000 troops — is relatively small.
    — Carlotta Gall, New York Times, 26 July 2023
  • Several battalions of up to 1,000 troops comprise a brigade.
    — Fox News, 9 June 2023
  • The Chechen battalion leader, Madiyev, said that beyond weapons and ammunition, the units have to provide for their own food, fuel, and equipment.
    — Carlotta Gall, BostonGlobe.com, 8 Jan. 2023
  • The Chechen battalion leader, Mr. Madiyev, said that beyond weapons and ammunition, the units have to provide for their own food, fuel and equipment.
    — Carlotta Gall, New York Times, 8 Jan. 2023
  • All of this can, of course, be ramped up to your heart’s content—a battalion of close-quarter agents and a fleet of armored vehicles worthy of a visiting head of state.
    — Michael Verdon, Robb Report, 17 Sep. 2023
  • The rest of the roles are part time, including three battalion chiefs, 12 captains, seven lieutenants and 47 firefighters.
    — Alixel Cabrera, The Salt Lake Tribune, 12 Aug. 2023
  • That’s enough for a Ukrainian Ground Forces tank battalion, three companies of ten tanks each, and one tank for the battalion commander.
    — Kyle Mizokami, Popular Mechanics, 7 June 2023

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