11.   It said that there should be better protection for the privacy of gay troops during the period after they acknowledge their homosexuality and before they leave the military.

12.   Military historians say the odds were stacked against African-American troops during World War II from the onset.

13.   Past Constitution Island now, where a massive chain was stretched across the Hudson by American troops during the Revolutionary War to discourage British warships from sailing north.

14.   Rebel fighters said they sometimes redeployed troops during a NATO attack, when the Serbs were taking cover and often were separated from their equipment and vehicles.

15.   Rebel forces have been readying themselves in recent days for a new offensive, displaying new equipment and parading troops during a recent large-scale exercise.

16.   The Army wants to use it to test an anti-satellite weapon that will disarm orbital cameras operated by enemy spies to track American weapons and troops during wartime.

17.   The breakthrough came after the rebels accepted assurances from Pastrana that their forces in a huge demilitarized zone would not be attacked by government troops during the talks.

18.   The camps were established by French troops during the Rwandan civil war last year between the Hutu and Tutsi ethnic groups.

19.   The military wants an anti-satellite weapon mainly to stop enemies with orbital cameras from spying on American weapons and troops during combat.

20.   The militias have maintained control over the refugee camps and joined Zairian government troops during the recent fighting.