The phrase "avoid troops" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used in contexts where one is advising against engaging with or encountering military forces or groups.
Example: "In order to ensure safety during the conflict, it is crucial to avoid troops in the area."
Alternatives: "steer clear of soldiers" or "stay away from military units".
Maybe someone should have thought 'how are we going to deal with this?' But I don't believe there was no plan for reconstruction - it may have been better organised, but it is taking place". As for the idea that governments would try to avoid troop deaths by employing Aegis in Darfur, "The industry will resist," he believes.
From NATO, which avoided troops on the ground in its Libya project?
And in one of Verdi's many dubious tales, at 5 months old he was spirited by his mother to a church tower to avoid Russian troops.
But he needs, as far as possible, to avoid sending troops into unnecessarily confrontational positions and should minimize the use of live ammunition.
Zabiullah Mujahid, a spokesman for the Taliban, claimed the Chinook had been shot by a band of four men who had since fled the area to avoid American troops hunting them.
The British, as determined as the Americans to avoid leaving troops in Afghanistan once they have entered, say they are prodding Washington toward thinking about the future government of Kabul.
Germany has trained some Iraqi security forces at bases elsewhere in the Persian Gulf, mainly in the United Arab Emirates, but it has taken pains to avoid sending troops or logistical support to Iraq itself.
Above all, Israel wants to avoid leaving troops in south Lebanon for long, as happened when it went after the previous troublesome tenants, the Palestine Liberation Organisation, in 1978 and 1982.Diplomatic moves might, therefore, help Israel find a face-saving way out as well as stopping the bloodshed.
The villagers had fled into the woods to avoid Turkish troops and one night a mysterious figure appeared from the trees.
