Can I trust my ships to keep formation and follow orders?

It allowed the formation to focus in looking for the enemy rather than keeping formation.

His army moved forward, keeping formation as it squeezed through the bottleneck of the isthmus.

I'm not going to keep tight formation when we're on patrol.

"Implacablereports that impeller damage makes it impossible for her to keep formation."

The Apaches advanced down the slope in two lines, keeping formation rather than scattering.

Denal shook his head, minutely, before looking ahead and keeping formation.

The others, with amazing discipline tried to keep formation.

The difference now was that the schiltrons had learnt mobility and how to keep formation at the same time.

And high above it the topmost tier of defending fighters kept formation.