Few planes are as popular with ground units in Afghanistan.
These are the first sizable American ground units for offense as well as defensive action.
The ground units were not as aggressive later in the battle as they were earlier. . . .
Teams are being sent to stress the new rules to ground units.
1978 Increases Libyan involvement in the Chadian civil war, providing weapons, air support and ground units to rebels.
These bombs home in on targets that must be "painted," or illuminated, by laser beams directed by ground units.
For its part, the United States has said Futenma's helicopters must remain on Okinawa to be near ground units.
Controlling these would give opposition forces, and American planes and ground units, a forward base inside Afghanistan and a useful military resupply route.
During his testimony, General McChrystal said that strikes by warplanes and Special Operations ground units would remain an essential part of combat in Afghanistan.
The United States also does not have the large ground units here with tanks and artillery required to ensure that an attack would succeed.
It has not ruled out the use of major ground units, the mistake President Clinton made early in the Kosovo conflict and which he later moved to reverse.
