expose troops needlessly
exposed
/ik-ˈspōzd/
adjective
liable open exposed subject prone susceptible sensitive mean being by nature or through circumstances likely to experience something adverse. liable implies a possibility or probability of incurring something because of position, nature, or particular situation. open stresses a lack of barriers preventing incurrence.
verb
to deprive of shelter, protection, or care : subject to risk from a harmful action or condition
to submit or make accessible to a particular action or influence; especially : to subject (a sensitive photographic film, plate, or paper) to radiant energy
to abandon (an infant) especially by leaving in the open
expose children to good books
verb
to expose (something or someone) again
Workers simply pushed clean sand over other sections of blackened beach; by August, the tides had reexposed the oil.