The lead element came under heavy fire and was pinned down.
You're the lead element for this attack, so you call it for the run in.
Limiting arms is not a substitute for policy, but it is the lead element.
They went green just as only 300 feet separated him from the lead element of the charging horsemen.
The Chinese officer started to follow, with his lead element, into the corridor.
And when Olenga's assault was turned, they would be the lead element of the counterattacking force.
They are the lead element of the force, which is to reach full strength by mid-January and remain in Afghanistan for at least six months.
According to battalion officials, 3/7 then became the lead element of all U.S. forces in the region.
The lead element soon became separated from the main body of the squad by a brush fire.
At 5 p.m. the lead elements arrived at the crossing point on the east bank of the river.