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Lacey spent the past 20 years climbing through the ranks of the Livermore-Pleasanton Fire Department, starting first as a firefighter-paramedic before rising to the rank of fire captain, battalion chief and deputy chief.
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Kyle Martin, Mercury News, 22 Dec. 2025
In Generation Kill, the searing Iraq War drama based on Rolling Stone journalist Evan Wright’s non-fiction story, Ransone played Corporal Josh Ray Person a member of a Marines battalion during the 2003 invasion.
—Abid Rahman, HollywoodReporter, 21 Dec. 2025
In Sacramento, a battalion chief, who is Black, filed a lawsuit against the city in 2023 alleging racial discrimination.
—Theresa Clift, Sacbee.com, 19 Dec. 2025
Ryan was a battalion chief with the Truckee Meadows Fire Protection District in Reno, according to a statement shared by the agency.
—Abigail Adams, PEOPLE, 11 Dec. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for battalion
army
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America has rolled by like an army of steamrollers … but baseball has marked the time.—
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According to sources, confronting the unit directly would require the simultaneous deployment of at least four army brigades.—
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“Battalion.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/battalion. Accessed 13 Jan. 2026.
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