battalion
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A battalion chief ordered crews to remove the hose anyway, The Times reported in October 2025.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 2, 2026
By storing blood in two battalion chief vehicles, paramedics are able to begin transfusions at the scene of a severe bleeding emergency instead of having to wait until the victim arrives at a hospital.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 28, 2026
Volunteering for line duty, Xu was given command of a battalion in the KMT’s 16,000-strong 10th army.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 18, 2026
His battalion crossed over to France in June 1944 in the days following D-Day and Turrell landed on Sword Beach before taking part in fierce fighting.
From BBC ● Aug. 29, 2026
We got Gearhart to requisition some gloves and baseballs from battalion supply.
From "Fallen Angels" by Walter Dean Myers
The adversary forces were “able to eliminate two battalions in a day,” so that “in an exercise sense, basically, they were not able to fight anymore after that.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 12, 2026
A nearby truck housed the operations team, which served as an intermediary for radio communications between the command post and fire battalions battling the flames.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 1, 2025
He said in a speech on Tuesday that he wants the Army to have "battalions of one-way attack drones".
From BBC ● Jul. 24, 2024
Over the weekend, there were further indications from senior Israeli generals that plans were being finalised for a major operation in Rafah, where the military says Hamas's remaining battalions and leaders are based.
From BBC ● Apr. 29, 2024
Before awed spectators, the army fought pretend battles, with guns, tanks, communication battalions, motorcyclists, and cavalry.
From "Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow" by Susan Campbell Bartoletti
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