#brigade

As full lines of battle could not be handled through the thick wood, I ordered the advance of the six brigades by heavy skirmish lines, to be followed by stronger supporting lines. ↗

— James Longstreet

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Towards four o'clock, the rebels felt strong enough to take the offensive. A brigade with a battery under Earle managed to strike the Federal right on the flank and rear and throw it into utter confusion, which spread rapidly along the whole front. Now came the disastrous end. ↗

— Henry Villard

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I liked the name Frog Brigade because it lent itself to a lot of cool imagery with the whole frog thing. ↗

— Les Claypool

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The mission statement was ordered, and it sent the 800th MP Brigade, effective the first of July, up to Baghdad. I joined my brigade to take command at the end of June. ↗

— Janis Karpinski

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There was a military police brigade with over 3,400 soldiers getting ready to go home because their mission - prisoner-of-war operations - was finished. ↗

— Janis Karpinski

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I joined the 800th MP Brigade when they were already deployed. ↗

— Janis Karpinski

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Some of us are like a shovel brigade that follow a parade down Main Street cleaning up. ↗

— Donald T. Regan

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