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An infantry battalion of Arkansas volunteers would be used to man forts in the Indian Territory (now Oklahoma) and at Fort Smith, releasing the regular troops from those posts, and a second unit of Arkansans would serve as cavalry in Mexico.
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Arkansas Online, 3 May 2025
Those could include a Stryker battalion with two companies of Stryker vehicles, a tank battalion and two companies of tanks, an infantry battalion with Bradley vehicles, Paladin artillery vehicles, Howitzers and infantry vehicles.
—Lolita C. Baldor, Los Angeles Times, 2 May 2025
This initiative called for NATO to develop the ability to deploy 30 battalions, 30 squadrons, and 30 ships to eastern Europe in 30 days.
—Barry R. Posen, Foreign Affairs, 21 Apr. 2025
Stryker brigade combat team and a general support aviation battalion were dispatched, the Defense Department said at the time.
—Filip Timotija, The Hill, 16 Apr. 2025
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Arkansas Online, 3 May 2025
Those could include a Stryker battalion with two companies of Stryker vehicles, a tank battalion and two companies of tanks, an infantry battalion with Bradley vehicles, Paladin artillery vehicles, Howitzers and infantry vehicles.
—Lolita C. Baldor, Los Angeles Times, 2 May 2025
This initiative called for NATO to develop the ability to deploy 30 battalions, 30 squadrons, and 30 ships to eastern Europe in 30 days.
—Barry R. Posen, Foreign Affairs, 21 Apr. 2025
Stryker brigade combat team and a general support aviation battalion were dispatched, the Defense Department said at the time.
—Filip Timotija, The Hill, 16 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for battalion
army
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At times the mines were also under control of the Wazalendo, a militia allied with the Congolese army.—
David Yusufu Kibingila,
Los Angeles Times,
23 May 2025
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Mosaddegh was toppled from his seat in a 1953 coup led by the Iranian army and backed by the U.K. and the U.S.—
Miranda Jeyaretnam,
Time,
21 May 2025
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“Battalion.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/battalion. Accessed 7 Jun. 2025.
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