Sentence examples for big troop from inspiring English sources

Big troop increases ordered by Mr. Obama have led to security gains in many places.

Sarkozy broadly endorsed a high-level military commission's recommendations in June for big troop and base cuts (with financial savings going into better equipment), more stress on intelligence, and the reintegration of French forces into NATO's military command.

He also said he wants the discussion about the United States' next moves in Afghanistan to be honest and the debate should not be based on false choices between big troop increases or leaving the country.

Because we are once again having one of those big troop debates: Do we send more forces to Afghanistan, and are we ready to do what it takes to "win" there?

So, the only way we get a big troop increase quickly is for the Pentagon to reverse its awful decision to disband (and unemploy) the Iraqi Army -- most of whom refused to fight for Saddam in the first place.

But military commanders are thought to be reluctant to withdraw troops from more active battlefields like Kandahar and Helmand Provinces in the south, for fear of losing some of the gains made there, so quieter areas may see big troop reductions, with the risk that the insurgents will take advantage of that, some analysts worry.

Mr. Hall said that Richmond is the third-largest city borough in area, that it hasn't received its full share of city money, that during the war, because of Tompkinsville, it was a big troop-and-materiel embarkation port, that it has a lot of pheasants and the oldest elementary schoolhouse in the country.

Most of the time the big troops fight in the middle, then it depends on how good the army is.

New Jersey officials announced yesterday that they would send almost half the New Jersey Army National Guard's 6,200 soldiers to Iraq by next summer, in one of the state's biggest troop deployments since World War II.

But John McCain, the Republican senator, and other senior American politicians claim numerous US air strikes in Syria have had limited impact on Isis and that only a bigger troop presence on the ground will bring victory.

Basically, the vehicle-mounted M1991 rockets are for banging on big things — like large troop concentrations and military bases — while these are for tactical use, like hitting this hill or that ridge as part of an imminent assault.