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His lieutenant calls him and says that for the invasion of Iwo Pere is to go in with the battallion commander, learn where the major establishes his command post, then find his company and tell the company captain where the major is.
March 28th, 2009 m_francis 2009
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Also, their web site says emphatically that "We are NOT a Mercenary Army," but helpfully adds, "We are capable of assembling a up to one special forces battallion sic within 72 hours."
the single weirdest story you will read today hradzka 2009
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Kevin Drum reports that we're now down from one fully combat-ready standalone Iraqi battallion in December to zero today.
Suzanne Nossel: Iraq: What's Worse than Civil War? Civil War with 130,000 Americans On the Ground 2008
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If a demi-battallion of Cuirassiers show up on your doorstep, plant an Eagle on your stoop and shout "Vive L'empereur!" don't come crying to me.
Freedom Films with English Subtitles The Brillig Blogger 2008
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If Bush were to encourage California's stem cell agency to work faster and more furiously, we could crank out battallion after battallion of cargo gear-clad soldier wannajoins eager to be all that they can be.
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There is ONLY one battallion on the base that has that address!
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In case you are wondering how they knew that this was the hottest in 1300 years, the “battallion of intergalactic missiles” is a new spaghetti graph (although I doubt that the spaghetti graph will itself will make the cut this time), more or less as emulated below (although this lacks the instrumental splice).
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I have also seen the resullt of operation Grapes of Wrath , launched by the Israelis on civilliant sheltering in the Fijian battallion HQ and the memory will neber ever leave me.
Lebanon Blogs 2006
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A battallion of servants - sommeliers, attendants, the waiter himself - brought us the menus, and then a platter of breads to try.
An Ode To Elegance, Or: The Best Meal I Think I Ever Had 2004
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The Russians under Don's leadership decided to probe at first with mostly lend-lease vehicles: Stuart light tanks and US halftracks supported by a penal battallion.
Archive 2006-06-01 MaksimSmelchak 2006
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