Sentence examples for rotation of troops from inspiring English sources

British tactics changed with each six-month rotation of troops.

The rotation of troops was routine, said a spokesman, Col. Rodney Davis.

General Karpinski has left Baghdad, part of the scheduled rotation of troops for Iraq.

This comes as the Army launches its biggest rotation of troops since World War II that will reduce forces in Iraq by this spring to 105,000 from about 130,000.

The unusually early warning of potential duty in a third yearlong rotation of troops is part of the Defense Department's new policy to give National Guard members and reservists, as well as their families and employers, as much notice of call-ups and deployments as possible.

New Role for Turkish Base ISTANBUL, Jan . 11(AP) -- The American military has begun using an air base in southern Turkey to handle some of the vast rotation of troops in and out of Iraq, an American government official said Sunday.

A12 Senior Army officers have told defense officials that the rotation of new troops into Iraq will pose a risk for American forces, saying they anticipate a surge in attacks on troops who may be more vulnerable during the transition.

Since the Crimea seizure, NATO has increased aerial patrols over the Baltic Sea region and last week approved the rotation of 4,000 troops to Eastern European bases to maintain a "continuous presence" on guard against further Russian aggression.

Mr Obama visited Warsaw in June and announced a $1 billion package for stepped-up military exercises and training in eastern Europe, with additional rotations of American troops in the region (he will also make a symbolic stopover in Estonia before the summit).

The general also told lawmakers that the Army was drawing up plans for additional force rotations to keep large numbers of troops in Iraq into 2006.

But the withdrawal process lacked international verification, so foreign observers simply dismissed Vietnam's movement of troops as mere rotations.