How to Use battalion in a Sentence

battalion

noun
  • Jordan began serving in a machine gun battalion, but ended in an ordnance detachment.
    Mary Ann Ashcraft, Baltimore Sun, 9 Nov. 2024
  • The battalion tactical group is the basic military unit of the Russian Army.
    Kyle Mizokami, Popular Mechanics, 24 Feb. 2022
  • Kennedy also served for 35 years as a battalion chief with the Chicago Fire Department.
    C.r. Walker, chicagotribune.com, 9 Mar. 2022
  • Boles served as a battalion chief at Hillsborough County Fire Rescue.
    Yacob Reyes, Axios, 1 Nov. 2024
  • Viktor Pylypenko, who fought in the Donbass battalion, came out in a 2018 photo exhibit.
    Dominique Soguel, The Christian Science Monitor, 23 Feb. 2022
  • Pasha Li, a film actor and TV host, was killed earlier this month, days after joining a territorial-defense battalion.
    James Marson, WSJ, 10 Mar. 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
  • The restoration of an aide to assist each battalion chief at the scene of a fire.
    Monica Eng, Axios, 10 Sep. 2024
  • In a statement, Moran and Rosen praised the signing of the bill and the battalion's war efforts.
    Eric Levenson, Neelam Bohra and Radhika Marya, CNN, 20 Mar. 2022
  • 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 next day, Zinkevych resolved to create her own battalion.
    Luke Mogelson, The New Yorker, 2 May 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
  • Forty-nine former Australian tanks would be enough to bring the brigade’s current tank battalion back up to full strength.
    David Axe, Forbes, 16 Oct. 2024
  • Whistler joined the Welsh Guard in 1939, rejecting the chance to serve as a war artist in favor of commanding a tank battalion.
    Brian T. Allen, National Review, 17 Mar. 2022
  • 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
  • Back at the table, Fiend started explaining the setup: The battalion’s headquarters were across the street.
    Sarah A. Topol, New York Times, 20 Sep. 2024

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