Then conflicts in Afghanistan and Iraq proved ground forces were still indispensable in defeating insurgents.
British officers accept that American ground forces have more fighting power, and are often more daring.
And the president appointed Lieutenant General David Petraeus to take over ground forces in Iraq.
He said Germany was not asked to supply air or ground forces in Afghanistan.
Similarly, France andGermany have made it clear they will not provide ground forces in Iraq.
Similarly, France and Germany have made it clear they will not provide ground forces in Iraq.
As discussed above, the latter goal required significantly enhanced ground forces in order to occupy enemy territory.
Ground forces were eventually sent in, but too few and too late to find and destroy the missiles.
As a result, South Korea contributes substantial numbers of aircraft, ground forces and materiel toward its own defense.
It was unclear whether the vehicles had been struck by missiles fired from helicopters or by ground forces.
And then on the Middle East again -- is the U.S. fearful about Israeli ground forces entering Gaza?
The AC-130 gunship is designed for precise attacks in urban areas while providing close support for ground forces.
The need for ground forces in the post-conflict phase is a different question.
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Ahmad-Reza Pourdastan, commander of the Iranian Army's Ground Forces, told reporters Sunday.
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They expressly did not want the introduction, for instance, of foreign ground forces or a more robust military mandate.
Once you rule out ground forces, then there are going to be some inherent limitations to our air strike operations.
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None of these actions would require the United States to deploy large numbers of ground forces in the former Yugoslavia.
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There is growing concern that NATO ground forces will be sent in if Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi does not step down.
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There's a reason that U.S. ground forces haven't suffered a battlefield casualty from hostile aircraft since 1952, during the Korean War.
Evicting the intruders from their mountain redoubts with ground forces alone was beginning to look like a protracted and expensive task.
Ricardo Sanchez, commander of American ground forces in Iraq said U.S. forces in the area responded as soon as the attack occurred.
Bumpers has made no secret of his interest in obtaining the complete withdrawal of these ground forces at the earliest possible moment.
Right now the head of the U.S. ground forces in Iraq is reviewing an American military investigative report on the Haditha allegations.
The ground forces took that to mean there was no Pakistani military there, according to a military official familiar with the report.
He said that there would not be U.S. ground forces in Libya.
Most of the cuts proposed so far involve ground forces, which will be in less demand as U.S. troops depart from Iraq and Afghanistan.
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Instead, the war drags on and international debate is growing over whether to use ground forces, which most Germans, not just the Greens, oppose.
"Initial reports from ground forces do not clearly identify the cause of the mishap while in transit to the proposed target, " the U.S. military said.
The decision to shift from the semblance of a two-MRC force structure to a one-and-a-half force suggests the opportunity for a significant reduction in ground forces.
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