Sentence examples for guard division from inspiring English sources

As many as 1,000 Iraqi irregulars have been killed as they tried to disrupt the advance of the American troops who are supposed to strike a front-line Republican Guard division guarding the approach to Baghdad north of Najaf.

In March, troops from the 49th Armored Division of the Texas Guard took over the American peacekeeping mission in Bosnia, the first time since the Korean War that a guard division commanded an overseas operation.

Their primary target was a Republican Guard division outside Baghdad that stood in the way of American ground troops.

Not since the Korean War has a Guard division been put in charge of an overseas operation.

Iraq has also completed moving its Adnan Republican Guard division from Mosul to Tikrit, which protects Mr. Hussein's hometown and the northern route to Baghdad.

MARINES MEET RESISTANCE -- After destroying the remnants of a Republican Guard division and advancing rapidly toward Baghdad from the southeast, the Marines ran into heavy Iraqi resistance.

A senior military official said that Gen. Tommy R. Franks, the allied commander in the gulf, now faces three likely battle options: push ahead to Baghdad through the defeated Guard divisions south of the city; destroy the four other Guard divisions that could attack the allies' flanks, or wait until the long-awaited Fourth Infantry Division and its 21,000 soldiers arrives later this month.

Two guard divisions fought in Korea.

Behind them were Republican Guard divisions, the best-equipped and most loyal units in Mr. Hussein's army.

If one or more Republican Guard divisions can be routed quickly, the way to Baghdad may be opened.

Allied war planners hope to degrade the strength of Republican Guard divisions from the air before the ground battle begins.