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• n  infantry trained and equipped to parachute

• One woman shouted at a group of paratroops: "Cowards! You were thrown out of Indo-China, you were thrown out of Tunisia, you were thrown out of Morocco.
• In the early stages, Grachev, an arrogant airborne commander, boasted that a regiment of paratroops could clean up Chechnya in two hours.
• But the paratroops soon got out of hand.

News & Articles

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• Baltic nations welcome US trainers as USAREUR mulls sending more
  The commander of U.S. Army Europe said Tuesday that he wants to add helicopters and other combat tools to the mix to bolster training with the Baltics and Poland, where the U.S. has sent some 600 paratroops to train and reassure allies wary of a newly aggressive Russia.
  April 29, 2014 - Stars and Stripes
• USAREUR chief wants to bolster training with Baltics, Poland, with other combat tools
  The commander of U.S. Army Europe said Tuesday that he wants to add helicopters and other combat tools to the mix to bolster training with the Baltics and Poland, where the U.S. has sent some 600 paratroops to train and reassure allies wary of a newly aggressive Russia.
  April 29, 2014 - Stars and Stripes