paratroop
Parachute military unit
Paratroop functions as an adjective describing military units trained to parachute into combat zones from aircraft.
It typically modifies nouns like regiment, division, or assault: The paratroop battalion secured the bridge before dawn.
The word also appears as a verb meaning to deploy by parachute, though this use is less common than the noun paratrooper (a soldier who parachutes) or the verb parachute itself.
Unimpeded downward motion
- canopyOverhead protective covering
- harnessStraps controlling an animal
- dropzoneAerial delivery target area
- jumpmasterAircraft exit controller
ripcord · altimeter · halo · airspeed · ripstop · chute · exit · flares
Unimpeded downward motion
- dropFall or release
- deployPosition for use
- landEarth's solid surface
- altitudeMeasured height above reference
gravity · drift · float · glide · airflow · descend · plummet · fall
Covert entry into organization
- assaultViolent offensive act
- raidSudden armed incursion
- ambushSurprise strike from concealment
- reconnaissanceInformation-gathering before action
extraction · maneuver · flanking · operation · engagement · sabotage · guerrilla · insertion
Parachute delivery from aircraft
- airliftEmergency transport by plane
- C-130Tactical military airlifter
- airmobileTransported by aircraft
- pathfinderOne who discovers routes
extraction · reconnaissance · insertion · aircraft · helicopter · transport · loadmaster · stick
freefall
Unimpeded downward motion
- canopyOverhead protective covering
- harnessStraps controlling an animal
- dropzoneAerial delivery target area
jumpmaster · ripcord · altimeter · halo · airspeed · ripstop · chute · exit · flares · adrenaline
freefall
Unimpeded downward motion
altitude · gravity · drift · float · glide · airflow · descend · plummet · fall · eject
infiltration
Covert entry into organization
reconnaissance · extraction · maneuver · flanking · operation · engagement · sabotage · guerrilla · insertion · objective
airdrop
Parachute delivery from aircraft
pathfinder · extraction · reconnaissance · insertion · aircraft · helicopter · transport · loadmaster · stick · chalk
regiment
Colonel-led military unit
paratroopfoot soldier
Basic infantry combatant
mechanized infantry · amphibious forces · ground forces · marine · marines