View example sentences, synonyms and word forms for Infantry.

Infantry

Infantry | Infantrymen | Infantryman

Infantry meaning

Soldiers who fight on foot (on land), as opposed to cavalry and other mounted units, regardless of external transport (e.g. airborne). | The part of an army consisting of infantry soldiers, especially opposed to mounted and technical troops. | A regiment of infantry.

Synonyms of Infantry

Example sentences (20)

If three are playing, each player counts out 35 infantry; four players, 30 infantry; five players, 25 infantry; six players, 20 infantry.

Matthew Cole, a One Station Unit Training Infantry trainee with Echo Company, 1st Battalion, 19th Infantry Regiment, 198th Infantry Brigade, recently had the opportunity to demonstrate two Soldier core values: selfless service and personal courage.

Staff Sgt. Trevor Howard with 1st Battalion, 110th Infantry Regiment, 2nd Infantry Brigade Combat Team, 28th Infantry Division, was named Noncommissioned Officer of the Year.

He was assigned at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska, 3d Battalion, 509th Infantry Regiment, 4th Infantry Brigade Combat Team (Airborne), 25th Infantry Division.

Doctrine provides the infantry with an authoritative body of statements on how infantry forces conduct operations and provides a common lexicon for use by infantry planners and leaders.

It is understood that there are six infantry divisions and seven independent infantry brigades; a mechanised division and an independent mechanised infantry brigade; and an armoured division.

Mechanized infantry are infantry equipped with armored personnel carriers (APCs) or infantry fighting vehicles (IFVs) for transport and combat (see also mechanized force ).

Mechanized infantry is distinguished from motorized infantry in that its vehicles provide a degree of protection from hostile fire, as opposed to "soft-skinned" wheeled vehicles (trucks or jeeps) for motorized infantry.

The German Puma infantry fighting vehicles IFVs are similar to armoured personnel carriers (APCs) and infantry carrier vehicles (ICVs), designed to transport a section or squad of infantry (generally between five and ten men) and their equipment.

A native of Euclid, California, McKeon was assigned to Company K, 3rd Battalion, 12th Infantry Regiment, 4th Infantry Division.

As more modern infantry fighting vehicles enter the battlefield, those new platforms may push our understanding of Infantry Fighting Vehicle doctrine forward.

Beyond that, the EDF's two infantry brigades, North and South, are heavy infantry focused, while the EDF division referred to incorporates NATO allied units, including a British Army brigade.

Both Dunhams were assigned to the 3rd Battalion, 30th Infantry Regiment, 3rd Infantry Division when the U.S. joined World War II.

He served in Company 8 2nd Battalion 14th Infantry Regiment 25th Infantry Division of the Army.

Soldiers with the 30th Infantry Regiment, 3rd Infantry Division, clean up, write letters and relax at a command post in the Neuf-Brisach area of France.

The Army is yet to open core combat arms like infantry, mechanised infantry, and armoured corps for women, even as it has recently inducted five women officers in the Regiment of Artillery, which is a combat support arm.

Whatley was a member of M Company, 3rd Battalion, 21st Infantry Regiment, 24th Infantry Division.

According to an official, even as the PLA advanced towards Tawang in Arunachal Pradesh, they came face-to-face with the 11 Infantry Brigade of the Second Infantry Division of the Indian Army.

He announced the donation of 200 books and encyclopedia to the Infantry Corps Centre and Nigerian Army School of Infantry libraries to promote training, reading culture, mentorship and capacity development of officers and soldiers.

He returned to the United States in May 1919 and, over the next twelve years, successively commanded the 54th Infantry, Camp Grant, Illinois, and the 34th Infantry at Fort Eustis, Virginia.