The Internal Troops were formed from the former Soviet Internal Troops after the collapse of the Soviet Union.

Troops were often actually used to storm enemy ships as used by Romans and pirates.

The designation " Dragoon Guards " does not indicate the status of Household Troops but is a distinction awarded to former " Regiments of Horse " when these were converted to Dragoons in 1746.

Troops to Korea were selected on a voluntary basis.

Troops were positioned on the bridge giving an excellent arc of fire in case of attack.

Troops that couldn't fit onto the bridge were positioned in a bombed-out house slightly upstream of the bridge.

Troops were being deployed to restore law, order and good governance in the province.

There were also Somali artillery and zaptié ( carabinieri ) units forming part of the Italian Royal Corps of Colonial Troops from 1889 to 1941.

As with the Levantine Special Troops, French officers held the top posts, but as Syrian independence approached, the ranks below major were gradually filled by Syrian officers who had graduated from the Military Academy at Homs, which had been established by the French during the 1930s.

< imagemap > File: 1940s decade montage. png | Above title bar: events during World War II ( 1939 – 1945 ): From left to right: Troops in an LCVP landing craft approaching " Omaha " Beach on " D-Day "; Adolf Hitler visits Paris, soon after the Battle of France ; The Holocaust occurred during the war as Nazi Germany carried out a programme of systematic state-sponsored genocide, during which approximately six million European Jews were killed ; The Japanese attack on the American naval base of Pearl Harbor launches the United States into the war ; An Observer Corps spotter scans the skies of London during the Battle of Britain ; The atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki are the first uses of nuclear weapons, killing over a quarter million people and leading to the Japanese surrender ; Japanese Foreign Minister Mamoru Shigemitsu signs the Instrument of Surrender on behalf of the Japanese Government, on board USS Missouri, effectively ending the war.

The Constitution distinguished " Militia ( s )", which were state entities, from " Troops ", which were unlawful for states to maintain under normal circumstances.

Troops from both countries were exchanged in the arrangement.

Russian Airborne Troops were first formed in the Soviet Union during the mid-1930s and arguably were the first regular paratrooper units in the world.

Troops were raised for a particular service, and were disbanded upon the cessation of hostilities.

Troops, including a cavalry unit with its own lieutenant commander, were garrisoned within the protective walls.

The Huguenots were defeated by French Royal Troops before they could invade, and a small force under Jean de Villers was captured within two days.

When the United States Colored Troops were founded, many men from the colony enlisted.

Troops were called in to deal with rioting and looting that sprang up, and a magistrate read out the Riot Act.

Between December 25, 1979, and February 15, 1989, a total of 620, 000 soldiers served with the forces in Afghanistan ( though there were only 80, 000 – 104, 000 serving at one time ): 525, 000 in the Army, 90, 000 with border troops and other KGB sub-units, 5, 000 in independent formations of MVD Internal Troops, and police forces.

) Negro Troops, as they were officially known, were sometimes given little support from Districts and Councils.

Troops could carry full length muskets comfortably enough on horseback if just riding from A to B ( the practice of the original dragoons and later mounted infantry ).

Troops stationed in Scotland under the command of George Monck eventually marched on London to restore order.

An Eastwind EQ2050 on display at the China People's Revolution Military Museum | People's Revolution Military Museum of China in August 2007, during the ' Our Troops towards the Sky ' exhibition.

It was the theme song to the 2010 MLB playoffs on TBS as well as WWE's Tribute To The Troops Special.

According to the Law on Stationing Troops in the Macau Special Administrative Region ( or Macau Garrison Law, passed by the NPC Standing Committee on June 28, 1999 ), the mission of the PLA in Macau is to defend the special administrative region by " preventing and resisting aggression ; safe-guarding the security of Macau ; undertaking defence services ; managing military facilities ; and handling related foreign military affairs.

After the Treaty of Waitangi in 1840 New Zealand's security was dependant on British Imperial Troops deployed from Australia and other parts of the empire.

* 1950 – Korean War: Troops from the People's Republic of China launch a massive counterattack in North Korea against South Korean and United Nations forces ( Battle of the Ch ' ongch ' on River and Battle of Chosin Reservoir ), ending any hopes of a quick end to the conflict.

* December 17 – Troops loyal to Emperor Haile Selassie I in Ethiopia overcome the coup that began on December 13, returning the reins to the Emperor upon his return from a trip to Brazil.

* May 1 – Troops fire on a workers ' May Day demonstration in support of the 8-hour workday in Fourmies, France, killing 9 and wounding 30.

Troops of US 5th Infantry Division conducting a house-to-house search in Metz on 19 November 1944.

The Speech to the Troops at Tilbury was delivered on 9 August Old Style, 19 August New Style 1588 by Queen Elizabeth I of England to the land forces earlier assembled at Tilbury in Essex in preparation of repelling the expected invasion by the Spanish Armada.

Troops protecting the hotel opened fire on the marchers, killing over 20 people and wounding 50 more.

Wells ' The War Of The Worlds, National Guard Troops were stationed around the hills in Watchung, as told on the vinyl record recording of news reports of the day.

Beginning in 1863, a total of nearly 4, 000 freedmen from North Carolina enlisted in the United States Colored Troops to fight with the Union for their permanent freedom, including 150 men from the Freedmen's Colony on Roanoke Island.

The second, on the west side of the river was for African-Americans joining the army in Ohio in the 127th Regiment of Ohio Volunteer Infantry-later renamed the 5th Regiment United States Colored Troops.

Terry would send one division of United States Colored Troops under Charles J. Paine to hold off Hoke's division on the peninsula.

Troops from Richmond on the way to the First Battle of Bull Run on July 21, 1861, came through town.

" On the contrary, the inserted command " to give no Quarters to the Electors Troops on any account whatsoever " may genuinely have been found on the official, signed orders in a Jacobite prisoner's pocket ; it may indeed have been interpolated by a Jacobite hand, and Cumberland may have been sincere when he announced the discovery of the apparently incriminating document to his outraged army.

Troops often play cards to pass the time, and seeing the names, faces and titles of the wanted Iraqis during their games will help soldiers and Marines in case they run into the wanted individuals in the field, Brooks said.

Paid professionals, many of whom were YMCA leaders, were recruited to help start new Troops and spread the new scouting program.

To ensure total loyalty amongst these crack troops, there were five times as many political officers in the Directorate for Security Troops than there were in the regular army.