1.   Army troops based at the main commercial ports on the coastline inspected ships and its passengers.

2.   In Tuzla, the northeastern Bosnian town where the U.S. troops may base their operations, two American officers surveyed the Communist-built airbase.

3.   In Washington, a Pentagon official said that the U.S. role in the multinational force would consist mainly of Army troops based in Germany.

4.   Later Thursday, the prince was meeting British NATO troops based in the Croatian port of Split.

5.   Later, while visiting German troops based in Kabul, Schroeder supported extending their mission.

6.   Red-bereted airborne assault troops based in Italy could begin arriving as early as next week.

7.   The commander of Kremlin troops based in Moldova, separated from Russia by hundreds of miles of Ukrainian territory, said Russian planes were stranded there by the order.

8.   The prince also was scheduled to meet British NATO troops based in the Croatian port of Split.

9.   French military sources said the Bosnians had refused permission for Foreign Legion troops based in the Tomislavgrad region to move to Kiseljak, west of Sarajevo.

10.   Government troops based in Travnik recently notched up considerable successes against the Bosnian Serb army in the area, taking back several key towns and territory.