Riflemen in a sentence

Griot narrators in multicolored boubous played drums and long traditional flutes while palace riflemen fired shots to punctuate the arrival of distinguished guests which included ministers and diplomats.

The riflemen removed the firing pins from their rifles and threw them away, then broke up their rifles.

Early bullpup assault rifles forced left-handed riflemen to shoot right handed, due to the facing of the ejection port to the right.

Most of the complaints came from expert riflemen, armorers, and similar experts.

Marching behind a group banner will be Robert Bell and Patrick Fullerton, who will be bearing flags, along with riflemen Dane Williams and Eddie Salazar.

Although the Marine riflemen expected an ambush, one patrol encountered only small groups of Japanese defenders on top of Suribachi.

Hardin (2004) pp. 71, 93 Texian riflemen stationed themselves on the banks and shot at anything that moved.

In 2007, culling of both species began by riflemen in helicopters or airplanes.

Rhodes, 2004, p. 166 Audubon also admired the skill of Kentucky riflemen and the "regulators", citizen lawmen who created a kind of justice on the Kentucky frontier.

Similarly, Morgan's Virginia riflemen proved themselves superior to the British at Saratoga, a post-revolutionary war development being the creation of trained "rifle battalions" in the European armies.

The 1st Cadet Battalion King's Royal Rifle Corps are the only Cadet Unit in the United Kingdom to have been granted such an honour and are permitted to wear the miniature 60th Cap Badge with the single Battle Honour, and call their Cadets “Riflemen”.

The award of the Air Medal has had an adverse reaction on the ground troops, particularly the Infantry Riflemen who are now suffering the heaviest losses, air or ground, in the Army, and enduring the greatest hardships.

The latter consisted of about 40 men, including two riflemen.

These Riflemen were the elite of the British Army, and served at the forefront of any engagement, most often in skirmish formation, scouting out and delaying the enemy.

The variants were issued in limited numbers to special forces, helicopter crews, Air Force pilots, Air Force Security Police Military Working Dog (MWD) handlers, officers, radio operators, artillerymen, and troops other than front line riflemen.

Thomas, pp. 18–32; Davis, p. 27. United States Army Stuart was commissioned a brevet second lieutenant and assigned to the U.S. Regiment of Mounted Riflemen in Texas.