Definition of brigade | Bee Dictionary of English

Just such a running skirmish erupted last week when a Big Red One brigade met the Viet Cong near the town of Loc Ninh, 75 miles north of Saigon.
But the brigade and battalion commanders and the company and platoon leaders I saw in Iraq are really impressive.
And there is only speculation about the purpose the brigade has been serving.

Shen grad John Prendergast outing spoiled by Vermont in Saratoga Brigade 3-1 loss
SARATOGA SPRINGS — Wednesday night’s Saratoga Brigade New England Collegiate Baseball League contest was historic and iconic despite being the second loss of the season for the Spa City collegians.
June 21, 2013 - Community News
Brigade conducts combat training in Idaho
The Oregon Army National Guard's 41 Infantry Brigade Combat Team is conducting annual training at the Orchard Combat Training Center, near Boise, Idaho, in preparation for a possible deployment to Afghanistan in 2014.
June 20, 2013 - Salem Statesman Journal
Book brigade opens new chapter for library
The charge of the book brigade Thursday was to stand side-by-side and move the old Downtown Library's last 100 books person by person into the new library.
June 20, 2013 - Sun-Sentinel

Liam Fox in Global Times
Fox said the NATO-led International Security Assistance Force would restructure its op-erations in southern Afghanistan "so that it can consolidate a US Marine brigade in northern Helmand that will assume responsibility for security in Sangin later...
David Petraeus in New Brunswick Home News Tribune
Petraeus told senators he has recommended "that we continue the drawdown of the surge combat forces and that upon the withdrawal of the last surge brigade combat team in July, we undertake a 45-day period of consolidation of our forces and...
David Richards in Washington Post
I anticipate at least another brigade of combat troops from ISAF nations coming here shortly and more after that,Richards said.

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