But they came under heavy fire from enemy troops hiding nearby as they made their getaway.
On landing, they soon find themselves pinned down by a vast force of enemy troops.
Lawmakers questioned his military's readiness to detect and counter enemy troops who might use similar blind spots.
The system can keep track of both friendly forces and the enemy, and allows troops to communicate by e-mail -- a feature that could come in handy if units have radio failures or move out of transmission range.
He told an audience of veterans and military workers in Pennsylvania that those who question the original rationale for the war do not remember their history, and they're sending the wrong message to troops and the enemy.
The theater of operations for the average combat soldier has normally been limited to the battlefield, where troops can see the enemy that they are fighting.
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America does not regard the Yemeni government as an enemy, and it has even sent troops there to help in the fight against terrorism.
The bridge was captured by British and Canadian troops, who swooped into enemy territory by glider and parachute on D-Day - 6 June 1944.
Maj Marcus Mudd, the commander of the BRF, said his troops would be dropping in behind enemy lines.
In 1940, the troop ship Lancastria was sunk by enemy fire after having taken on board British troops who were evacuating from France.
But to combat an enemy that is on the offensive, we need more troops, training, and assistance.
And in all we do, I will ensure that our commanders on the ground have the troops and flexibility they need to defeat the enemy.
They do not want to send mixed signals to our troops out of the field, and obviously to the enemy.
When the Ottoman troops laid siege on Vienna, he volunteered to sneak through the enemy camp and persuade the Polish army to rescue the imperial city.
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The exploits are straight out of a Hollywood movie: nighttime parachute drops behind enemy lines before the D-Day invasion in France, shootouts with SS troops, dodging Nazi collaborators, helping hundreds of downed American airmen elude capture.
The robots sent video back to the troops, sparing them the risk of being dispatched by booby trap or enemy combatant.
Realizing the success of mission and the safety of the remaining troops were in peril, Private First Class Svehla leapt to his feet and charged the enemy positions, firing his weapon and throwing grenades as he advanced.
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Again and again, from 2004 until 2006, American military commanders in Iraq found that they did not have enough American and Iraqi troops to provide security for civilians or to hold ground once it had been cleared of enemy fighters.
Earlier this month the Rwandan government denied sending its own troops to help track down these rebels, but the two governments admit to facing a common enemy.
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