Sentence examples for basic troops from inspiring English sources

In addition to basic troops, there are Hunters, or Mgalekgolo, (from the planet Te) who according to Bungie's mythology are actually collectives of alien insects singularly known as Lekgolo encased in tough armor.

The former are the basic troops of the Gorn forces, and while they can run on four legs, they fight on two with an automatic rifle called the Ravager.

In basic training, troops spend about 40% of their week studying the history of the Communist Party and the military writings of party leaders.

It struck me that something so basic required foreign troops; perhaps it was the presence of the foreign troops that made the Haitians hang back.

After basic training, the support troops receive focused training in their specialties before assignments to units.

The Pentagon insists that it had good management motives in reversing Mr. Smith and heeding KBR's warning that penalties would erode basic services for the troops.

The Army report said KBR, the Houston-based company that is responsible for providing basic services for American troops in Iraq, including housing, did its own study and found a "systemic problem" with electrical work.

As young officers graduate from the Philippine Military Academy with an idealistic mindset, they begin to see the realities on the ground as they are assigned to far-flung areas, leading ill-equipped and poorly paid troops, with basic social services usually provided by non-governmental organizations rather than the state.

All we have here is the most basic first aid". British troops led by 2nd Lt. Russell Cowhig of the Royal Military Police, a native of Machynlleth, Wales, said they were trying to get emergency supplies to villagers as well as 37 Iraqi prisoners of war who surrendered Thursday and were being held in a barbed-wire enclosure in a highway clover leaf.

These troops basically function as a bridge between troops and army combat medics and know how to use basic medical emergency skills, such as basic casualty evaluation, airway management, and bleeding control in order to provide first-aid while waiting for an army combat medic to become available.

There was the sirdar, or chief porter, our cook and his assistant, and then the troop of basic carriers and luggers.