How to Use battalion in a Sentence

battalion

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  • The restoration of an aide to assist each battalion chief at the scene of a fire.
    — Monica Eng, Axios, 10 Sep. 2024
  • The next day, Zinkevych resolved to create her own battalion.
    — Luke Mogelson, The New Yorker, 2 May 2022
  • His battalion is planning a memorial service to honor him.
    — Fox News, 30 Apr. 2022
  • The department’s command staff, including captains, lieutenants, engineers and battalion chiefs is also largely white and male.
    — William Lee, chicagotribune.com, 17 Apr. 2022
  • The last vestiges of Hamas’ battalions are in the city of Rafah in the Gaza Strip.
    — Benjamin Weinthal, Fox News, 4 Apr. 2024
  • The stormers in their fifties were no longer with the battalion.
    — Luke Mogelson, The New Yorker, 8 Apr. 2024
  • They were then both flown to the hospital, the battalion chief said.
    — CBS News, 3 Jan. 2023
  • LaCroix, the battalion chief, said crews have been trucking water to the scene, which is about a mile into the woods.
    — Nick Stoico, BostonGlobe.com, 20 Aug. 2022
  • 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 frigate battalion fought around Kharkiv in northern Ukraine before shifting to the Pokrovsk axis in the east.
    — David Axe, Forbes, 22 Sep. 2024
  • The Wine Estate just outside Cape Town, a battalion of some 1,600 marching ducks is used to keep the vineyard free of pests.
    — Maureen O'Hare, CNN, 23 July 2022
  • 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
  • The men worked in a labor battalion, clearing airfields and moving tons of earth.
    — Matthew F. Delmont, Smithsonian Magazine, 25 Aug. 2022
  • 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 pilot was the only person aboard, according to the battalion chief.
    — San Diego Union-Tribune, 5 Nov. 2022
  • At the annual parade in central London on June 2, the 1st battalion of the Irish Guards will troop their color.
    — PEOPLE.com, 17 May 2022
  • 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
  • Some four light infantry Army battalions — 2,000 troops — were on the ground to help the aid get through, General Eaton said in an interview.
    — Adam Rasgon, New York Times, 23 May 2024
  • 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
  • But Walz appeared to know as early as March 2005 that his battalion could be sent to Iraq based on a press release from his first run for Congress.
    — Joey Garrison, USA TODAY, 14 Aug. 2024
  • 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
  • Jon Heggie, a battalion chief at Cal Fire, said by phone on Monday morning.
    — New York Times, 25 July 2022

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