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- noun A company of
paratroopers
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Examples
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Perhaps you meant Fallschirmjaegergewehr 42, which was a paratroop assault rifle ....
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A 5,000-strong security force, including 3,500 National Guard troops, was joined on Saturday by 400 soldiers from an elite army paratroop unit, officials said.
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A 5,000-strong security force, including 3,500 National Guard troops, was joined on Saturday by 400 soldiers from an elite army paratroop unit, officials said.
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The surge reminds me so much of the movie "The Battle of Algiers" where a French paratroop unit seemingly secures Algiers, only to have their security completely fall apart only a few years later.
Guarding the Surge Narrative While Iraq Burns « Antiwar.com Blog 2009
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Martin was assigned to the 173rd Airborne Brigade, the only paratroop outfit to make a combat jump in Vietnam.
Mike Grout 2010
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Perhaps you meant Fallschirmjaegergewehr 42, which was a paratroop assault rifle ....
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Labour's Dan Jarvis, a former paratroop major, won an overwhelming share of the vote but on an abysmal turnout of 36.5% which left the coalition partners with humiliatingly low figures.
Humiliated Lib Dems come sixth in Barnsley Central byelection 2011
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Proceeding in three star-studded segments, "Day" covers everything from Allied preparations at sea, to behind-the-lines paratroop drops, to the Normandy invasion itself.
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Although separated from her paratroop squad, Cindy worked within 22 miles of the front lines of battle when Operation Desert Storm broke out in 1991.
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Obtaining the rank of captain a few years later, Cindy was stationed at the El Toro Marine Base in California as a communications specialist and group leader of a paratroop squadron.
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