noun
ADJECTIVE
▪ crack ( BrE ), elite
▪ additional , extra
▪ armed
▪
a division of up to 6 000 heavily armed ~
▪ enemy , foreign , rebel
▪ friendly , loyal
▪
~ loyal to the government
▪ army , auxiliary , paramilitary , regular , reserve
▪ allied , coalition , federal ( esp. AmE ), government
▪ international
▪ combat , fighting
▪ shock (= trained to make sudden attacks on the enemy)
▪ reconnaissance
▪ peacekeeping , security
▪ airborne , ground
▪ border , front-line , garrison
VERB + TROOPS
▪ deploy , mass , put in , send , send in
▪
They are massing ~ on the border.
▪
The UN is sending peacekeeping ~ into the trouble spot.
▪ commit , provide (sb with) , supply (sb with)
▪
The army has provided ~ for the UN all over the world.
▪ pull out , withdraw
▪
Washington is talking about pulling out its ~ next year.
▪ bring home
▪
It's time to bring our ~ home.
▪ command , lead , order
▪
He ordered ~ to shoot to kill if attacked.
▪ call in
▪ station
▪
The US had stationed over 300 000 ~ in Japan.
▪ transport
▪ rally
▪ support
▪
We must always support our ~.
▪ train
TROOPS + VERB
▪ fight (sb) , kill sb
▪ die
▪ be based , be positioned , be posted , be quartered , be stationed
▪
~ based in East Timor
▪
Five hundred ~ were quartered in a town just behind the front line.
▪ serve
▪
British ~ serving in the Gulf
▪ advance , march , move in , move into sth
▪
Allied ~ were advancing on the capital.
▪ arrive , cross into sth , enter sth , land , reach sth
▪
Iraqi ~ crossed into Kuwaiti territory.
▪ cross sth
▪
Troops crossed the border with Georgia.
▪ mass
▪
Government ~ have massed on the northern border.
▪ guard sth , patrol sth
▪
~ patrolling the border
▪ occupy sth
▪ attack (sb) , invade (sth) , overrun sth , storm sth , surround sth
▪
Rebel ~ stormed the presidential palace.
▪ fire on sb/sth , open fire , shoot sb
▪ leave sth , pull out , withdraw
▪ come home
TROOP + NOUN
▪ deployment , levels , numbers , presence , strength
▪
Various figures for US troop presence in Iraq were quoted.
▪ build-up
▪ reductions
▪ withdrawal
▪ movements
▪ carrier , ship , train , transport
▪ commander
▪ morale
PHRASES
▪ the deployment of ~ , the withdrawal of ~