paratroops

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He was a reservist, a medic in the paratroops of the Israel Defence Forces, when he heard the first news of the 7 October Hamas attack.

From BBC • Dec. 3, 2024

Two IDF divisions and various units, such as combat engineers, paratroops, infantry brigades and tanks, are all operating in Gaza.

From Washington Times • Nov. 8, 2023

Russian Major-General Alexei Ragozin said the paratroops were handed back after "very difficult" negotiations.

From Reuters • Sep. 1, 2014

He was ordained in Rome in 1938 and served two years at a church in Baltimore, then volunteered as a paratroops chaplain in World War II, getting the nickname “The Jumping Padre.”

From Washington Post • Sep. 29, 2011

At the airport across the Chattahoochee River in Alabama, five battalions of paratroops were waiting assignment.

From Earth Alert! by Neville, Kris