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boots on the ground

The ground forces actually fighting in a war or conflict, rather than troops not engaged or other military action such as air strikes.
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The Pentagon may say we have enough, but that's not what I'm hearing from the boots on the ground.

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Submitted on July 07, 2010

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boots on the groundThis smacks of a military jargon. Troops deployed to confront enemy. Modern warfare can be conducted from helicopters, drones, bombers with remote directed missiles, rockets and missiles from ships.
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Stiefel auf dem Boden

μπότες στο έδαφος

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