(1) A member of a military unit trained as shock troops for hit-and-run raids.
(2) An amphibious military unit trained for raids into enemy territory.
(3) An amphibious military unit trained for raids into enemy territory [also: commandoes (pl)].
(1) A commando attack
(2) Training was similar to that carried out by the commandos , with emphasis placed on raiding, sentry elimination, ambushing, cross-country night navigation exercises, and target attacks.
(3) The mobilisation includes paramilitary forces, regular soldiers and specially trained commandos .
(4) Kept carefully out of the media has been many of the operations of over a thousand Special Forces and commandos known to be in the area.
(5) More than 100 US commandos and British SAS soldiers are now in southern Afghanistan, setting up road blocks.
(6) There, French commandos raided the plane, killing all of the hijackers.
(7) As they rounded a corner another squad of heavily armed commandos sprang from around the next building.
(8) If the government needs some well trained commandos , quickly, these are the men who will go.
(9) Specially selected commandos , backed by artillery and tanks, surrounded the temple walls.
(10) The commandos carried out operations against invading Japanese forces, during WW2.
(11) Food rations and special-forces commandos are being airlifted into Afghanistan.
(12) This operational capability requires commandos to be trained and equipped differently to conventional infantry soldiers.
(13) Heavily armed police commandos and Army soldiers, backed by armored cars, patrolled the town barely an hour after the explosions.
(14) Eventually, commandos from the Army and the Royal Marines were combined into four brigades.
(15) He had been leading his squad of commandos towards a target of a group of houses when he spotted enemy soldiers hiding in the houses.
(16) According to the Washington Post, the operation will include the CIA working with commandos and other military units to act immediately on intelligence uncovered by American spies about enemy targets.
(17) And there's more new equipment to come, this time for Australia's special forces, including SAS soldiers and commandos .
(18) The crisis ended with a dawn raid by Thai commandos .
(19) Special military commandos using tanks entered the district, and helicopters carried out surveillance overhead; the air space was closed down for a radius of 7 kilometres.
(20) Those commandos , who previously trained together with their colleagues from the American special forces, have served with distinction.
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