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Word: counterambush (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
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...basic physical training to communications to the use of American weapons. Much of the emphasis will be on training the Salvadorans to operate as coordinated units on the squad, platoon and company levels. There will be instruction on day and night troop movements, as well as the ambush and counterambush tactics useful in an anti-guerrilla war. There will be, says a U.S. Army spokesman, "a lot of time in the field, and some very long days...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Crash Course in Combat | 2/22/1982 | See Source »

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