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• n  soldiers collectively
• n  a group of soldiers
• n  a cavalry unit corresponding to an infantry company
• n  a unit of Girl or Boy Scouts
• n  an orderly crowd
• v  march in a procession
• v  move or march as if in a crowd

• And keeping Japanese troops free from harm might be a tall order.
• Already, 443 Thai troops are stationed in the southern Iraqi city of Karbala.
• The President's decision send 17,000 more troops to Afghanistan is troubling on several grounds: 1.

• military personnel
• soldiery
• troop
• scout troop
• scout group
• flock
• parade
• promenade

News & Articles

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• 250 troops to head overseas day after Father's Day
  A farewell ceremony was held over Father's Day weekend for 250 Army Reservists and their families. These troops will be deployed Monday to Kuwait and Afghanistan in support of Operation Enduring Freedom. General Jack Stultz was on hand to pump up the troops before heading overseas and remind them to keep their mission on their mind and their families in their hearts during their 9 months abroad ...
  June 16, 2013 - Local 10 Miami
• Syrian troops capture Damascus suburb near airport
  BEIRUT (AP) — Syrian troops pushed forward with their offensive against rebels Saturday, capturing a suburb near the Damascus international airport as the U.S. warned that the alleged use of chemical weapons by President Bashar Assad's forces and the involvement of the Iranian-backed militant group Hezbollah in the civil war threaten to put a proposed political settlement out of reach.
  June 15, 2013 - Associated Press via Yahoo! News
• Syrian troops push forward against rebels, capture Damascus suburb
  Syrian troops pushed forward with their offensive against rebels Saturday, capturing a suburb near the Damascus international airport as the U.S. warned that the alleged use of chemical weapons by President Bashar Assad's forces and the involvement of the Iranian-backed militant group Hezbollah in the civil war threaten to put a proposed political settlement out of reach.
  June 15, 2013 - Fox News

Quotes

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• Barack Obama in Toronto Sun
  The 30,000 additional troops that I am announcing tonight will deploy in the first part of 2010 -- the fastest pace possible -- so that they can target the insurgency and secure key population centres,Obama explained, describing the key...
• President Bush in ABC News
  This begins with addressing Iran and Syria. These two regimes are allowing terrorists and insurgents to use their territory to move in and out of Iraq. Iran is providing material support for attacks on American troops,Bush said. "We will...
• John McCain in 940 News
  Our goal - my goal - is an Iraq that no longer needs American troops,McCain said. "And I believe we can achieve that goal, perhaps sooner than many imagine. But I also believe that to promise a withdrawal of our forces, regardless of the...