Word: trooped
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...like the opening of F-Troop--the clip where the cavalry charges onto the prairie, then beats an equally hasty retreat as the film rewinds...
...known, if at all, chiefly as a source of ilang-ilang, an exotic flower whose extract is widely used in French perfumes. Now the Comoros are called the Mercenary Isles. Last spring the four tiny specks of volcanic ash off the coast of Mozambique were invaded by a motley troop of white soldiers of fortune, who took over the hapless islands lock, stock, and ilang-ilang...
Having an army in Lebanon poses a major problem for Assad. So far, an estimated 600 to 700 Syrian soldiers have died there. The requirements of the military presence in Lebanon have also seriously weakened the Syrian forces on the Golan Heights; the current troop level there is far below what it was in 1973, and no combat match at all for Israeli forces. To make up for the huge losses Syria suffered in the 1973 war (7,000 men, 600 tanks and 165 aircraft), the 230,000-man army has been rebuilt and re-equipped by the Soviets, with...
South Africa is called upon to phase down its troop presence of 15,000 to a token force of 1,500 over the next three months. These remaining forces will be withdrawn after elections, to be held later this year. At the same time, SWAPO has agreed that its armed forces will cease "all hostile acts." The agreement fails to resolve the issue of Walvis Bay, the deepwater harbor in Namibia that South Africa has been anxious to keep. Presumably, it will be the subject of further negotiations...
...says. The Marines are tough, demanding; they have pride. That reminds Thelma of a story about her sister-in-law's nephew who worked himself up to the position of colonel "and didn't go to military school or anything." The conversation and the card game end and students troop into the dining hall, clamoring for food...