fighting patrol

Compared to an attempted incursion by a fighting patrol (called surgical strike) this was a major violation of international law, many steps above the ladder of escalation.

" Jay completed two operational tours of duty in Iraq and two in Afghanistan with the Princess of Wales's Royal Regiment, But his life changed forever when he volunteered for a fighting patrol and stepped on an improvised explosive device on January 31 2012.

This is not to say that the army doesn't train him to take out a recon or a fighting patrol or conduct a raid or lay an ambush or how to take defences or mount an attack.

His official citation states it was for "conspicuous gallantry and devotion to duty in command of a fighting patrol sent out to obtain an identification.

"We had sent out a fighting patrol and four guys in our troop were killed.

The picture shows the famous old Goree warehouses.; PICTURED in the early 1940s are the Home guard Fighting Patrol based in Overbury Street.

The three soldiers had been taking part in a fighting patrol to disrupt Taliban activity to the north west of Kajaki.

Private Tony Rawson, 27, from the 1st Battalion The Royal Anglian Regiment died on Friday while on a fighting patrol to disrupt enemy activity and reassure the local population in Helmand province.

The soldier from the 1st Battalion The Royal Anglian Regiment died while on a fighting patrol to disrupt enemy activity and reassure the local population in the area of Tusyalay, north east of Sangin, in Helmand.

I was also to protect the left flank of a fighting patrol from the 2/25th Battalion, strength 53 men and commanded by Lt Barnett with Lt Cox.

A Special Forces fighting patrol positioned by helicopters tasked to kill or capture terrorists or perhaps the arrival of a Tomahawk cruise missile might then initiate a shooting war.

'The troops encountered the ambush during a fighting patrol to clear the general area of fleeing elements of Boko Haram terrorists who have been on rampage for food and logistics.