Landing is a military operation aimed at a bringing the landing force (landing troops) to a shore or to land with the purpose of power projection ashore/landside by forces coming from ships/aircraft and able to fight.
Landing may refer to bringing of either the seafaring (naval landing forces; see amphibious warfare) or airborne forces (air landing troops). Amphibious warfare is the utilization of naval firepower, logistics and strategy to support land warfare. ...
Air landing troops
Missions of air landing troops, as defined by the U.S. FM 100-5, Operations manual, include
Executing an envelopment from the air in conjunction with an attack by ground forces.
Execution of surprise attacks as a diversion or feint in connection with other air landing or ground operations, or to create confusion and disorder among the hostile military and civilian personnel.
Execution of an attack against an isolated enemy position, impossible or impracticable of attack by ground forces.
A nations army is its military, or more specifically, all of its land forces. ...
LFC is the descendant of the Canadian Army which was the name of Canada's landforces from 1940 until February 1, 1968.
The name was changed from FMC to LandForce Command in a 1997 reorganization of the Canadian Forces.
After 1971, the regular force battalions of the QOR and the Black Watch were dissolved (their Militia battalions remained in Toronto and Montreal, respectively) with their personnel distributed between the RCR and PPCLI, while the Canadian Guards were disbanded.
First impressions indicate that the armed forces of many states are mere political adjuncts to US foreign policy and that landforces are being eclipsed by land and sea-based airpower.
Although it is apparent that armed forces are evolving to make their landforces more relevant in the current strategic environment, it is also apparent that states are drawing many lessons from both the post cold-war security environment and their response to international terrorism.
Conventional landforces have not yet harmonised rapid strategic projection with battlefield dominance although this remains the objective of the FCS programme.
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