Amongst those arrested were Générals Daniel KATSUVA wa Katsuvira, Land Forces Chief of Staff, UTSHUDI Wembolenga, Commandant of the 2nd Military Region at Kalemie ; FALLU Sumbu, Military Attaché of Zaïre in Washington, Colonel MUDIAYI wa Mudiayi, the military attaché of Zaïre in Paris, the military attache in Brussels, a paracommando battalion commander, and several others.

He then served as a battalion commander at Fort Benning, Georgia, until 1927.

Although his administrative abilities had been noticed, on the eve of the U. S. entry into World War II he had never held an active command above a battalion and was far from being considered by many as a potential commander of major operations.

During the war, he also was a company commander of a commando battalion.

By the time Perot graduated in 1953 he was president of his class and battalion commander.

After his release he became the commander of the second Palmach battalion and rose to the position of Chief Operations Officer of the Palmach in October 1947.

This badge was awarded to the battalion commander on 15 November 1942 by the 3rd Zouaves ' regimental commander, and is worn today by all members of the 509th Infantry.

The survivors joined the remnants of F / 116 behind the shingle, and here the battalion commander was able to organize 50 men for an improvised advance across the shingle.

According to the commander of the 2nd battalion 116th RCT the tanks "... saved the day.

Additionally, the commander of the 743rd tank battalion became a casualty as he approached one of his tanks with orders.

In Jarama he completed non commissioned officers ' school, became a lieutenant and a commander of a company, then captain and commander of a battalion.

As the commander of a battalion of heavy phalanx infantry, Perdiccas distinguished himself during the conquest of Thebes ( 335 BC ), where he was severely wounded.

* Major Harald Mors, a battalion commander with the German paratroopers

And in 2000 he said that the decision for these killings was made by the commander of the battalion, Paul Bhagwandas, who died in 1996.

A typical battalion group consists of an infantry or armoured battalion with sub-units detached from other military units acting under the direct command of the battalion commander.

An infantry battle group will typically be commanded by the commander of the core infantry battalion around which it is formed and can range in size from 300 to 1, 500 or more soldiers, depending on the nature of the mission assigned.

A US Army battalion includes the battalion commander ( lieutenant colonel ), his staff, and headquarters, the command sergeant major ( CSM ), and usually 3 – 5 companies, with a total of 300 to 1, 200 soldiers.

A captain reports to his commander, usually the battalion commander ( a lieutenant colonel ).

Boyer joined the French Revolutionary Army and earned the rank of battalion commander.

This battalion later became 5 KAR.

In the British and Commonwealth armies, " Type A Armoured Brigades "— which were intended for independent operations or to form part of armored divisions — had a " motor infantry " battalion mounted in Bren Carriers or later in Lend-Lease halftracks.

By November 1990, only four months later, the 5th Battalion had deployed and in early 1991 the 21st Guards Battalion had also been formed, four staff courses had been run, support weapons and logistics training was well advanced ( indeed a logistics battalion deployed as early as July 1990 ) and an operational test exercise had been conducted.

One week later, after repacking their own chutes, 304 men of the battalion conducted a second combat jump on 15 November 1942 to secure the airfield at Youk-les-Bains near the Tunisian border.

The 116th RCT of the 29th Infantry Division was to land two battalions in the western four sectors, to be followed 30 minutes later by the third battalion.

Charles led a battalion at Poitiers which withdrew early in the struggle ; whether the order came from John ( as he later claimed ) or whether Charles himself ordered the withdrawal is unclear.

In 1940, the British Army also formed " independent companies ", later reformed as battalion sized " commandos ", thereby reviving the word.

Only hours later, the 5th battalion of the Queen's Own Cameron Highlanders from the 51st Highland Division liberated Heusden.

The company was led by Captain Henry Mouzon and later turned into the battalion and then formed a brigade led by Francis Marion against the British.

This battalion, later the 7th Regiment, was prominent in the line of march when Lafayette passed through New York before returning to France on the frigate USS Brandywine.

During this time, when the battalion commanders of 3rd Battalion, 7th Marines and, later, 3rd Battalion, 5th Marines, while under heavy machine gun and mortar fire, he expertly reorganized the battalion and led the successful attack against heavily fortified Japanese defensive positions.

Traditionally, the regular battalions were the 1st and 2nd Battalions, the militia ( later Special Reserve ) battalion was the 3rd Battalion, and the Territorial Army battalions were the 4th Battalion and up.

After sustaining severe wounds, Carlson was replaced and his battalion later disbanded and reorganized under conventional Marine doctrine of ten-man squads.

He helped organize the local militia battalion, later becoming commander, and served at La Prairie, Canada East in 1865 with Colonel Garnet Joseph Wolseley and at Sarnia during the Fenian raids.

On September 23, 1944, an army regiment of the 81st Division landed unopposed, followed a few days later by a battalion of Seabees.

The CV90 was later used extensively by ISAF-forces of the Norwegian Army's Telemark Battalion in May 2008, when the battalion, during Operation Karez in the Badghis Province, came under heavy machine gun and RPG fire from Taliban fighters.

He recorded a radio message on the evening of 13 June, describing his role in the morning's fighting and claiming that later counterattacks had destroyed an entire British armoured regiment and infantry battalion.

The later Regimental History thanks Dorman-Smith for his modernising efforts in helping the battalion to survive the desert campaign, although it appears that they were glad to see the back of him.

In the French news, the Indochina War was presented as a direct continuation of the Korean War where France had fought as a UN French battalion then incorporated in a U. S. unit, which was later involved in the terrible Battle of Mang Yang Pass of June and July 1954.

Six days later, he embarked a battalion of troops commanded by Colonel Winfield Scott at the Niagara.

Under strict orders that the battery was to be destroyed no later than 05: 30, Otway felt that he could no longer wait for any more reinforcements and set off for the battery at 02: 50, the under-strength battalion having been increased to around 150 paratroopers after a small group of stragglers arrived at 02: 45.

In it's early days the brigade gained control over three battalions-21st, 22nd and 23rd, later during the war 24th battalion was established.

A few days later the Austro-Hungarian and German armies broke the Italian lines in the Battle of Caporetto, and Balbo returned to the front, now assigned to the Alpini battalion " Pieve di Cadore ", where he took command of the assault platoon.

A half-century later, one of them ( George MacDonald Fraser, later author of the Flashman novels, then a nineteen-year-old lance corporal ) recalled :" But the biggest boost to morale was the burly man who came to talk to the assembled battalion … it was unforgettable.