Nearly 300 American paratroopers will work with some 900 Ukrainian national guardsmen over a six-month stretch, building up from individual weapons skills to company-level command and control.
Recent weeks have seen the kidnap and murder of 11 men, eight of them Colombian, the murder of two Venezuelan national guardsmen; deportations of undocumented migrants and the arrest on both sides of alleged spies.In this section Her master's voice Hemlines and headlines Jaw-jaw war Unfixable?
It is possible to slash crossings in a particular area by flooding it with guardsmen or building walls.
The presence of armed national guardsmen and soldiers outside polling stations made for a more sombre mood than the celebratory post-revolutionary election three years ago.Nidaa Tounes still struggles to shake off claims that it represents an attempt by members of the previous ruling party, the Constitutional Democratic Rally (RCD), to regain influence.
Journalists who asked questions were gassed, shot at with plastic bullets and hit with the flat edge of the blunt swords the guardsmen carry.
In a demonstration in a wake of the affair, four Socialist supporters were shot and killed by national guardsmen firing from inside Mr Berisha's office.Mr Meta was acquitted of any wrongdoing.
Several young guardsmen have lost their legs.Tunisian officials now stress "intelligence-sharing" with the Algerian security forces, downplaying earlier references to a "joint operation" in which the armed group near Kasserine was being "encircled" by Algerian as well as Tunisian troops.
The guardsmen allege, with real bitterness, that their combat brigades were kept out of the war even when they were well prepared.The deadlock is so intractable, and the mistrust so deep, that the entire process of adapting the military to a changing world is at risk of paralysis.
Otherwise, all deals were off the table.The reason why the guardsmen feel able to take such a firm line is that they have extraordinary political clout.
Guardsmen across the nation rejoiced at their Nevadan comrades' success.
To settle the matter, guardsmen point out that their position is safeguarded by the American constitution, which calls for the raising of militias "to execute the laws of the Union, suppress insurrections, and repel invasions".In this section Peter Galbraith's smaller stage More oil, anyone?
