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land force

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landforce

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(Military) (often plural) an armed force serving on land
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Dejah Thoris went aboard the flagship, and was much put out that I would not follow, but, as I explained to her, the battle was but partly won; we still had the land forces of the besieging Zodangans to account for, and I would not leave Tars Tarkas until that had been accomplished.
Much there had been to occupy my attention since that terrible moment; but never for an instant had the memory of the thing faded, and all the time that I could spare from the numerous duties that had devolved upon me in the reconstruction of the government of the First Born since our victorious fleet and land forces had overwhelmed them, had been spent close to the grim shaft that held the mother of my boy, Carthoris of Helium.
In the meantime, at their request, I was to resume my throne as Jeddak of Thark, that I might negotiate with neighboring hordes for warriors to compose the land forces of the expedition.
"I think that to carry on such a war successfully, you must have very large land forces."
the BDF Commander-in-Chief, welcomed the US Land Force's Inspector-General, praising solid bilateral friendly relations between the Kingdom of Bahrain and the United States of America and its development in various areas of military cooperation.
Director of the Institute of Advanced National Defence Studies Lieutenant General Bernard de Courreges d'Ustou and his accompanying delegation visited the simulations centre of the operations and training institute of the Qatari Emiri Land Forces. At the reception were the Commander of the Qatari Emiri Land Force Major-General Mohamed bin Ali al-Ghanim and Deputy Commander of the Qatari Emiri Land Force Major-General Mohamed Rashid al-Hajri as well as a group of land forces officers.
Director of the French Institute of Advanced National Defense Studies Lieutenant-General Bernard de Courreges d'Ustou and his accompanying delegation visited the simulations centre of the Operations and Training Institute of the Qatari Emiri Land Forces. At the reception were Commander of the Qatari Emiri Land Force Major-General Mohammed bin Ali al Ghanim and Deputy Commander of the Qatari Emiri Land Force Major-General Mohammed Rashid al Hajri as well as a group of land forces officers.
KUWAIT, July 4 (KUNA) -- Deputy Prime Minister and Defense Minister Sheikh Khaled Jarrah Al-Sabah Saturday inspected the Striking Squad of the Land Force in the 6th Mechanized Brigade, North Area.
Qatari Emiri Land Force Commander Major General Mohamed bin Ali al-Ghanim met US Central Command Commander General Michael Gareth in Doha yesterday.
Earlier, on arrival at GHQ, the Commander of the Polish Land Force also laid floral wreath at Yadgar-e-Shuhada.
The Emiri Land Force concluded Nasr 2017 exercise, which was held in Al Galayel area under the patronage of HE the Minister of State for Defence Affairs Dr Khalid bin Mohamed al-Attiyah, in the presence of HE the Chief of Staff of the Armed Forces Major General Pilot Ghanem bin Shaheen al-Ghanem.

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