paratroops

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Small contingents of British troops, including marine commandos and paratroops, have already drilled with Japanese and South Korean forces this year.

From Washington Times • May 12, 2023

Russian Major-General Alexei Ragozin said the paratroops were handed back after "very difficult" negotiations.

From Reuters • Sep. 1, 2014

British paratroops became involved in a confrontation with Iraqis in the town who, it is thought, believed those troops should not have been there due to this agreement.

From BBC • Jun. 24, 2013

A previous version of this article incorrectly said that U.S. paratroops from the 171st Airborne were deployed to the Baltic states before the war.

From Washington Post

At the airport across the Chattahoochee River in Alabama, five battalions of paratroops were waiting assignment.

From Earth Alert! by Neville, Kris