paratroops
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Small contingents of British troops, including marine commandos and paratroops, have already drilled with Japanese and South Korean forces this year.
From Washington Times ● May 12, 2023
A Russian commander said an unspecified number of Russian paratroops were swapped for 63 Ukrainian soldiers.
From Reuters ● Sep. 1, 2014
British paratroops became involved in a confrontation with Iraqis in the town who, it is thought, believed those troops should not have been there due to this agreement.
From BBC ● Jun. 24, 2013
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 Kris Neville
