But most said they would, in the end, do what it took to protect American troops.

I believe that the best way to protect our troops is to bring them home.

His job, they said, was to protect American troops, not local civilians.

It's obvious that we would need to protect our own troops from its effects.

The weapon was designed to protect troops from air attack.

Ours were just as safe and worked better to protect our troops.

"You feel like you're helping protect our troops without necessarily being on the front lines," he said.

Covering fire: used to protect troops when they are within range of enemy small arms.

First, we need to protect troops on the battlefield who still face daily threats.

But the attack today seemed to be shifting that balance toward protecting troops.