Westmoreland was deeply concerned about the possible perceptions of the American public to such an increased estimate, since communist troop strength was routinely provided to reporters during press briefings.

The Quartermaster Training Center, created to supervise the training of Quartermaster personnel and troop units, brought an intensification of training activity within the Quartermaster Corps.

Further troop movements including the arrival of U. S. 45th Infantry Division and U. S. 1st Armored Division, brought Allied forces total on the beachhead to 69, 000 men, 508 guns and 208 tanks by January 29, whilst the total defending Germans had risen to 71, 500.

In the Terminator 2: Judgment Day – Nuclear Twilight comic published by Malibu Comics in 1996, an injured Tech-Com soldier named " Griff " is abducted by a troop of T-800 Terminators and brought back to Skynet.

In September, the Wehrmacht high command's reinforcement of the Siegfried Line brought total troop strength up to an estimated 230, 000 soldiers, including 100, 000 fresh personnel.

The loss of 8000 troops to the Tang empire can be compared to a troop strength of more than 500, 000 before the Anshi rebellion According to Bartold, for the history of the first three centuries of Islam, al-Tabari was the chief source ( survived in Ibn al Athir's compilation ), which was brought down to 915.

Legislation in 1943 brought the flag in line with the original troop banner, which is on display at the North Dakota Heritage Center in Bismarck.

On the edge of the highway the troop brought the trafficking and prostitution of the allies in the following years to bloom.

The initiative, intelligence and sympathetic understanding displayed by him in conducting countless investigations concerning individual soldiers, troop units, and components of the War Department brought about a fair and equitable solution to many important problems which have since become the basis of far-reaching War Department policy.

On April 8, 1861 five rota infantry and two troop of Russian cavalry ( about 1, 300 people ) led by General Stiepan Aleksandrowicz Chrulew brought a bloody massacre of the civilian population of Warsaw, resulting in more than 100 people were killed.

Scott was integral to expanding the Examiner's coverage of theater and film beyond the traditional venues to the small and avant-garde performances and movies that were blossoming in the San Francisco Bay Area -- including an early review of The Reduced Shakespeare Company that brought that acting troop its first mainstream notice.

During the American charge up San Juan and Kettle Hills, the three guns fired a total of 18, 000. 30 Army rounds in eight and one-half minutes ( an average of over 700 rpm per gun ) against Spanish troop positions along the crest of both hills, wreaking terrible carnage.

With the prospect of the Channel ports falling under Kriegsmarine ( German Navy ) control and attempting to anticipate the obvious next step that might entail, Grand Admiral ( Großadmiral ) Erich Raeder ( head of the Kriegsmarine ) instructed his operations officer, Kapitän Hans Jürgen Reinicke, to draw up a document examining " the possibility of troop landings in England should the future progress of the war make the problem arise.

When the American Revolutionary War started in 1775, Ethan Allen and a troop of his men, along with Connecticut Colonel Benedict Arnold, marched up to Lake Champlain and captured the strategically important military posts at Fort Ticonderoga, Crown Point, and Fort George, all in New York.

One of the more notable of these was the concept of the bayonet charge, an attack by a formation of infantrymen with fixed bayonets, usually over short distances, in order to overrun enemy strongpoints, destroy artillery batteries, or break up enemy troop formations.

His report via radio on September 8 caused the operation to be postponed ( and canceled the next day ) as troop carriers loaded with two battalions of the 504th Parachute Infantry Regiment were warming up for takeoff.

After this meeting, the communist side geared up for a maximum military effort and PAVN troop strength increased from 174, 000 at the end of 1963 to 300, 000 in 1964.

In 1130, the Duchy of Amalfi revolted and in 1131, Roger sent John of Palermo across the Strait of Messina to join up with a royal troop from Apulia and Calabria and march on Amalfi by land while George of Antioch blockaded the town by sea and set up a base on Capri.

This troop assembled in 1907 and continued their meetings and camp-outs up through 1910.

The troop was made up of two patrols, one sponsored by the Pottsville Mission and the other by the YMCA.

A limited number of areas suitable for glider landings and a reluctance from troop command to fly too near to Arnhem, exposing them to flak from Deelen airfield after the drop, meant that Urquhart was forced to pick drop zones ( DZ ) and landing zones ( LZ ) up to from Arnhem itself, on the north side of the river.

" In the novel Shaddam notes, " I only sent in five troop carriers with a light attack force to pick up prisoners for questioning.

Venturers and Sea Scouts who attained First Class as a Boy Scout or Varsity Scout in a troop or team may continue working toward the Star, Life and Eagle Scout ranks, as well as Eagle Palms, while registered as a Venturer or Sea Scout up to their 18th birthday.

On the outbreak of the English Civil War, he took up arms for Parliament and James Temple obtained a position for him as a cornet in the cavalry troop commanded by Temple ’ s cousin John Fiennes ( the son of his uncle, Viscount Saye and Sele ).

In Scouting, a troop is a unit made up of Scouts or Guides from the same locality under a leader.

He had marched with two companies to Ballycastle to join up with a troop of cavalry stationed in Bunamargey Abbey ( the burial place of the MacDonnells ), after Bagenal was forced to take refuge in Carrickfergus.

In Hungary, as well as the Hungarian diaspora communities in countries such as the U. S. A., the necktie color is national rather than distinctive for each troop, being light blue for ages 10 and younger and grass green for ages 11 and up ..

Under the leadership of Henry II of Champagne, a small troop was detached to scout the hills, and a squadron of knights under Hugh of Burgundy was detached to ride up and down the ranks ensuring that they were kept in order.

The plan, also known as Torrent, had originated in early September at COSSAC – it started life as a feint invasion of the Calais region shortly before D-Day and eventually ( after the failure of a similar scheme during Cockade ) transformed into a plan to divert attention from troop build up in the south-west of England.

The first echelon of troop carrying planes dropped their loads without interference but then the anti-aircraft guns on the landing fleet and ashore opened up again.

An Australian troop ship was en route to transfer them to Papua New Guinea, where they would be split up and sent to New Zealand and to Nauru.

Her story is also of her rare courage and dedication when at the height of her career, she “ gave it all up ” during World War II after her sister was killed by a German air raid, to work in the line of fire on troop trains for the Red Cross in Italy – for which she was awarded the American Medal of Freedom.

WP was widely credited by many Allied soldiers for breaking up numerous German infantry attacks and creating havoc among enemy troop concentrations during the latter part of WWII.

When Hindal withdrew from protecting the rear of Humayun's troops, Sher Shah's troop quickly reclaimed these positions, leaving Humayun surrounded.

Fairfax was informed that Byron was approaching his left rear from the direction of Minshull Vernon, but he deployed only two regiments of infantry and his own troop of cavalry to face them, while his main body pushed forward against Gibson.

While this was going on the other French troop, No. 1, approached the Casino from the rear.

Bringing up the rear was the headquarters and the heavy weapons troop.

The gaps between the schiltrons were filled with archers and to the rear there was a small troop of men-at-arms, provided by the Comyns and other magnates.

Thus, as a preliminary to the attack, on January 21 Peruvian helicopters began a series of reconnaissance and troop insertion flights on the rear of the Ecuadorian positions, which continued for the next two days.

The troop train had consisted of 21 vehicles and apart from the rear six, which had broken away during the impact and rolled back along the line a short distance, the entire train was consumed in the fire, as were four coaches from the express train and some goods wagons.

The IDF took the old T-55 tank and removed its turret and the chassis was modified for troop carriage by adding a troop compartment and a rear door.

* Buffel Mk IIA / B-Rebuilds of earlier Mk 1s with an enclosed troop compartment, a rear exit door and large bulletproof windows on the sides and rear

Realising they were Viet Cong attempting to outflank D Company to attack it from the rear, Lieutenant Peter Dinham — commander 2 Platoon travelling in the right-hand APC — ordered the crew commander to engage and they were soon joined by the remainder of the troop.

Concerned about the consequences of bypassing an anti-armour weapon only to be engaged from the rear, Roberts ordered the troop to scan the area.

Additional 7. 62mm machine guns can be mounted over the rear troop compartment.

The branches of service include motorized rifles, tanks, artillery and rocket forces, troop air defense, special corps ( reconnaissance, signals, radioelectronic warfare, engineering, radiation, chemical and biological protection, technical support, automobile, and the protection of the rear ), military units, and logistical establishments.

Similarly, when on the move, troop commanders tended to position Fireflies in the rear to reduce the chance of them being knocked out.

To the rear of the turret is the troop compartment, which can hold six infantry men, sitting back to back facing outwards along the center of the hull.

It has the crew compartment in the front, the troop compartment in the middle and the engine compartment in the rear.

BTR-60P has two doors on each side of the troop compartment ( one in the front part of the troop compartment and on in the rear part ) but infantry still had to dismount trough the sides.

On June 22, 1918, at approximately 4: 00 am, Sargent was operating a Michigan Central Railroad troop train pulling 20 empty Pullman cars which plowed into the caboose and four rear wooden sleeping cars of a 26-car circus train near Hammond, Indiana at an estimated speed of 35 miles per hour.

Wang, seeing Li Shimin's troop movement but unsure what the situation was, did not attack Li Shimin's rear ( as some of Li Shimin's generals feared ).