A week ago they ran their first armored patrol down the single street through the village.

In Bethlehem today, streets and alleys were all but deserted as the Israeli Army used armored patrols and soldiers on foot to seal the area around Manger Square.

Spokesmen here declined to discuss the marines' reconnaissance probes, conducted from the air in Huey and Super Cobra helicopters and on the ground in roving armored patrols.

I posted an armored patrol and some motorcycle escorts at the northern approach to the bridge.

The following day, I went to Smolensk again, having informed the divisional commander in the meantime; as a precaution, I took along an armored patrol.

LAPV (light armored patrol vehicle)

Who else would be stupid enough to be walking right up to an armored patrol unarmed in the middle of the day?

As the number of American troops outside Kandahar increased somewhat, they continued sending out armored patrols into the countryside today, as their Cobra attack helicopters flew sorties overhead.

The army said soldiers returned fire after shots were fired at an armored patrol along the border road.

General Ziv said that an armored patrol opened fire at three armed men spotted in open terrain aiming their weapons at the troops.