Battalion

A battalion is a military unit. The use of the term "battalion" varies by nationality and branch of service. Typically a battalion consists of 300 to 800 soldiers and is divided into a number of companies. A battalion is typically commanded by a lieutenant colonel. In some countries the word "battalion" is associated with the infantry.

The term was first used in Italian as battaglione no later than the 16th century. It derived from the Italian word for battle, battaglia. The first use of battalion in English was in the 1580s, and the first use to mean "part of a regiment" is from 1708.

Independent operations

A battalion may be the smallest military organization capable of independent operations, though this depends on the definition of "independent operations". It must have a source of re-supply to sustain operations for more than several days. In addition to comprising sufficient personnel and equipment (usually at least two primary mission companies and one mission support company) to perform significant operations, as well as a limited self-contained administrative and logistics capability, the commander is provided with a full-time staff whose function is to coordinate current operations and plan future operations. A battalion's subordinate units (companies and their organic platoons) are dependent upon the battalion headquarters for command, control, communications, and intelligence and the battalion's organic service and support structure to perform their mission. The battalion is usually part of a regiment, brigade, or group, depending on the organizational model used by that service. Battalions generally can operate for no greater than 10 days without higher echelon support, and are unable to operate away from a supported location without their higher headquarters regiment, brigade, or group's logistical support structure.

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Article by WN.com Correspondent Dallas DarlingSources claim the reason why the Clinton campaign and Democratic Party are suddenly targeting Jill Stein as a “spoiler” is she’s not your ordinary politician. To be sure, the Green Party’s presidential nominee doesn’t have a record of doing what is politically expedient, but what is politically right for the middle- and lower-working classes ... Along with reminding listeners the former U.S....

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[VIDEO]: Fire Attack Destroys North Carolina GOP Office

Edit WorldNews.com 17 Oct 2016

Federal, state and local authorities are investigating the firebombing of a local Republican Party office in North Carolina Sunday in an incident one state GOP official called an act of “political terrorism,” The Associated Press reported. A bottle filled with flammable liquid was thrown through the window of the Orange County Republican Party headquarters overnight, damaging the interior before burning out ... "It's a great gesture....

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Edit WorldNews.com 17 Oct 2016

The latest scans of the Great Pyramid at Giza as part of the ScanPyramids project reveals the 4,500-year-old monument has even more mysterious hidden cavities and corridors than their previous work showed, IFL Science reported Monday. The first new discovery, the report said, is a cavity about 105 meters (345 feet) up from the ground on the northeastern corner of the pyramid....

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Move over ISS, China inches closer to operationalise its space station

Edit Newstrack India 17 Oct 2016

Beijing, Oct 17 (IANS) With the launching of its manned spacecraft, Shenzhou-11, into orbit in a project designed to develop its ability to explore space, China on Monday came a step closer to complete its first space station by 2020 and operationalise services two years later ... They will dock with the experimental Tiangong 2 space lab and spend 30 days there, the longest stay in space by Chinese astronauts ... --IANS. gb/na/rn. ....

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In this photo released by the Syrian official news agency SANA, flames and smoke raise from burning cars after two bombs exploded, at Qazaz neighborhood in Damascus, Syria, on Thursday May 10, 2012.

Conflicting Reports Of Car Bomb Explosion in Southern Damascus

Edit WorldNews.com 17 Oct 2016

There were conflicting reports out of Damascus Monday concerning a car bomb explosion in a southern district of the capital, which is home to Syria’s holiest Shiite Muslim shrine, Reuters reported.A group that monitors Syria’s civil war, the British-based Syrian Observatory For Human Rights, said the car bomb went off near a checkpoint used by the ......

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Titan Battalion Hosts Ruck-A-Thon (California State University, Fullerton)

Edit Public Technologies 18 Oct 2016

(Source. California State University, Fullerton). Cal State Fullerton's Army ROTC hosts its 4th annual 'Ruck-A-Thon' Saturday, Oct ... Original documenthttp.//news.fullerton.edu/2016fa/Titan-Battalion-Ruck-A-Thon.aspx ... (noodl....

Under attack from stone pelters in J&K;, CRPF to get full-body armour

Edit The Times of India 18 Oct 2016

NEW DELHI ... For starters, more than 15,000 "full body protectors" are being ordered, enough to shield jawans deployed on the ground from receiving any injury in the head, face, legs, chest or arms. These special body armours will reach the troops soon, said officials ... The force has 60 battalions and an additional 130 companies— a total of around 70,000 troops—presently deployed in the violence-hit valley ... RELATED. From around the web....

Shiite Militias Insist on Joining Liberation of Mosul

Edit Voa News 18 Oct 2016

Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi has promised only regular Iraqi forces will enter Sunni-dominated Mosul in the battle to oust jihadists who have controlled the city for two years ... Likewise, Shiite militiamen are meant to stop short in the south and west, where they are focused on Tal Afar, on the city’s outskirts, leaving elite Iraqi units such as the 1st Battalion of the Iraqi Special Operations Forces, to lead the charge ... U.S ... U.S ... ....

Department of Defense Press Briefing by Pentagon Press Secretary Peter Cook in the Pentagon Briefing Room (US Department of Defense)

Edit Public Technologies 18 Oct 2016

troops are in Iraq today? How many -- is it still about 500 or so in Qayyarah? How close are they to the fight at this point? Are at they battalion level? I mean, these are things we've sort of discussed all along, but at this point, do you know -- are they operating as advisers at the battalion level, the brigade level? And do you know if they are using Apaches in this so far?....

Golden jubilee of Deccan Devils held

Edit The Hindu 17 Oct 2016

The golden jubilee celebrations of the 25th battalion of Madras Regiment (Deccan Devils) concluded somewhere in Southern sector, on Saturday evening. The battalion was raised at Hyderabad in 1966 and participated in a number of operations ... Campos (retd.), the second Commanding Officer of the battalion....

Mosul offensive: Iraqi forces, Peshmerga aim to retake city from ISIS

Edit AOL 17 Oct 2016

TO GO WITH AFP STORY BY DELIL SOULEIMAN - Syriac Christian Lucia, member of the battalion called the 'Female Protection Forces of the Land Between the Two Rivers' fighting the Islamic State group, plays with a dog during a training on December 1, 2015 at their camp in the town of al-Qahtaniyah, near the Syrian-Turkish border (aka Kabre Hyore in Syriac, and Tirbespi in Kurdish)....

Missouri Guard partners with Active Duty Engineers through new program (Missouri National Guard)

Edit Public Technologies 17 Oct 2016

Reini, the commander of the active duty 5th Engineer Battalion, during a patching ceremony to signify the beginning of the units' partnership through the Associated Units Pilot Program on Oct ... The ceremony involved Soldiers assigned to the 5th Engineer Battalion removing the 36th Engineer Brigade patch from their left shoulder and replacing it with the patch of the Missouri Guard's 35th Engineers....

House burns; two bodies found inside

Edit Arkansas Online 17 Oct 2016

The Texarkana Fire Department received a call about 8.15 p.m. regarding a fire at the wood-frame home, which Fire Battalion Chief Ginger Lee said was supposed to be vacant ... Battalion Chief William J....

Arkansas house burns; two bodies found inside

Edit Arkansas Online 17 Oct 2016

Retired Maj. General Robert Stall featured at leadership dinner

Edit Cleveland 17 Oct 2016

CLEVELAND, Ohio -- The Newton D. Baker Cleveland Chapter of the Association of the U.S ... Gen. Robert P ... He subsequently served in the 4th Battalion (Airborne) 68th Armor Division, prior to departing active duty ... Stall assumed command of the 15th Psychological Operations Battalion in 1997. In 1999, the unit was activated and was the first Psychological Operations Battalion on the ground in Kosovo following the air war ... Army War College ... ....

Bonhomme Richard Expeditionary Strike Group Conducts Port Visits Throughout Southeast Asia (The United States Navy)

Edit Public Technologies 17 Oct 2016

(Source. The United States Navy). By Petty Officer 2nd Class Sarah Villegas, Expeditionary Strike Group 7 Public Affairs ... 15-16 ... Marc H. Dalton, commander, Expeditionary Strike Group 7, who also commands the BHR ESG ... The 31st MEU consists of Battalion Landing Team (BLT) 2nd Battalion, 4th Regiment (2/4), Combat Logistics Battalion (CLB) 31, and Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron (VMM) 262 Reinforced ... (noodl. 35852198) ....

Opening ceremony of the Russian-Belarusian exercise took place near Brest (Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation)

Edit Public Technologies 17 Oct 2016

(Source ... Two Airborne battalions of the 34th Guard Airborne brigade of the Belarusian Armed Forces, battalion tactic group of the Airborne regiment of the Russian Armed Forces, and aviation hardware of the 50th aviation base of the Belarusian Armed Forces are taking part in the joint exercise ... Tags.....

'Sree Narayana Guru's men heaping scorn on him'

Edit The Times of India 17 Oct 2016

KANNUR ... Earlier, reviewing the passing out parade of the new batch of constables of the Kerala Armed Police (KAP) IV Battalion and Malabar Special Police (MSP) at the KAP IV battalion headquarters in Mangattuparamba, the chief minister said the state government will strengthen the police force by recruiting more people, especially women. The representation of women in police force would be increased from the present 6%to 10%, he said....

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