1.   And with unease about peacekeeping missions evident at the highest echelons of the Bush administration, force protection is not only a military issue.

2.   Force protection requires not isolation, but communication.

3.   The Air Force provides close air support, tactical bombing and force protection, while the Navy provides transport and protection on the waters.

4.   We will be providing force protection on bases that we do not need.

5.   Force protection ranges from Kevlar helmets to missile defense, strategic intelligence and CIA penetration of terrorist groups.

6.   Local combat commanders, for instance, were given more authority for force protection.

7.   Other U.S. military personnel at a base near Riyadh oversee force protection in the region and train the Saudi military.

8.   Republicans in Congress vigorously opposed the agreement because of clauses binding on both sides about environmental and labor force protections.

9.   The officials said the unit was on alert to leave at any time and would provide force protection when sent.

10.   The phrase brought to the forefront by the tragedy in Saudi Arabia is force protection.