1.   A security fence, with watchtowers, protects the base against attack by ground forces.

2.   Ground forces were wiped out by the air attack.

3.   Ground forces will be backed up by NATO air power.

4.   The primary offensive by the ground forces will commence at dawn tomorrow.

5.   The failure of Iraqi units to respond to the increasingly aggressive tactics of the allied ground forces gave further credence to reports of low morale and inadequate supply.

6.   The legislation provided for the maintenance of ground forces, an air force, air defence, a task force and a national guard.

7.   These were understood to stop short of deployment of major ground forces.

8.   The ground forces in turn indicated targets by laying out markers on the ground, or letters composed of white canvas sheets six feet long.

9.   Although the American military is famous for its high-technology precision weapons, the Pentagon has relied on some of its oldest arms to attack Taliban ground forces.

10.   Although offering support for U.S. troops in the field, Bradley offered a biting analysis of proposed commitment of ground forces to Kosovo.