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battalion

[buh-tal-yuhn] / bəˈtæl yən /


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He discovered that Stan was an infantryman with the 5th Battalion of the 1st Welsh Regiment.

From BBC • May 25, 2026

Miami-Dade Fire Rescue Battalion Chief Juan Arias told reporters that emergency crews responded to reports of a "possible boat explosion" at Haulover Sandbar, a popular tourist location.

From BBC • May 9, 2026

Pennington's hometown was Glendale, Kentucky, and he was assigned to the 1st Space Battalion, 1st Space Brigade out of Fort Carson, CO.

From Barron's • Mar. 10, 2026

“I am concerned about interference from outside entities that may attempt to influence the direction our report takes,” Capt. Harold Kim wrote to Battalion Chief Kenneth Cook, who was leading the review.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 31, 2025

“Medical personnel assigned to the Sixty-seventh Group or the 312th or the Twenty-third Battalion fall out and get in those buses over there. Everybody else stand at ease.”

From "Fallen Angels" by Walter Dean Myers




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