Ground forces and Troops

Ground forces

Ground forces noun - A permanent organization of the military land forces of a nation or state.
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Troops and ground forces are semantically related in US Army topic. In some cases you can use "Troops" instead a noun phrase "Ground forces".

Troops

Troops noun - Soldiers collectively.
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Ground forces and troops are semantically related in US Army topic. You can use "Ground forces" instead a noun "Troops".

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  • Literature / Hyperion Cantos While they wise up pretty quickly, their ground forces are initially devastated by the much more competent Ouster troops.
  • Interservice Rivalry The argument was over who would command the ground forces, since considering the US provided most of the troops and equipment there was never any doubt Eisenhower would have supreme command.
  • Comic Book / Albedo: Erma Felna EDF No jet fighters because they already had space travel and orbital strikes, and the RPG explains that the EDF's ground forces prefer mobility to armor so they use troops and vehicles easily transported by drop ships, only Home Guard units use heavy tanks.
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