battle station
Americannoun
Example Sentences
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He had been looking forward to going ashore that evening but soon found himself running to his battle station, passing munitions from the magazine room to the anti-aircraft guns on the deck.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 11, 2024
It remained his battle station for months to follow.
From Washington Times ● Aug. 12, 2019
But like the Empire’s battle station, they were ultimately doomed by some woefully inadequate defenses.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 16, 2015
Jerry Cabiness said his father was at his battle station in the main mast of the ship when the ship was hit.
From Washington Post ● Dec. 24, 2011
My instruments show a strange energy field materializing before the enemy battle station, bearing 00 to 04, F-six.
From Oberheim (Voices) by Christopher Leadem
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