1.   Elite troops stormed the building and rescued the hostages.

2.   The palace is guarded by elite troops loyal to the president.

3.   Elite Republican Guard troops deployed tanks and heavy artillery against lightly armed guerrilla units.

4.   Equipment issued to elite Special Forces troops offers a complete picture of the protection available to American soldiers.

5.   For nearly three years the elite troops of the First Armored Division had quietly prepared for the mission.

6.   For they would lose in any kind of contact with our elite troops.

7.   He said that even elite troops were housed in unheated buses and went without hot meals for days.

8.   If our country were invaded, we would want elite troops for our defense.

9.   In a successful new experiment, elite Zairian troops have been hired by the U.N. refugee agency to provide security in the camps.