"contingent of troops" is a correct and usable phrase in written English.
You might use it to refer to a group of soldiers sent to a location for a specific purpose, usually military. For example, "The small contingent of troops was sent to guard the border."
Canada offered a substantial contribution, sending a contingent of troops and supplies to Egypt.
Eventually, he sent a small contingent of troops, and Mr. Taylor was pushed out.
Now that Japan has withdrawn its small contingent of troops, perhaps Bush will speak plainly to Abe.
But the Americans are thought to be loth to put a sizeable contingent of troops on the ground as long as Mr Maliki is still in office.
so what does having a large contingent of troops on the ground for the foreseeable future do that drone strikes and selective special ops missions doesn't?
Three months after the cables were sent, in May, UN members agreed to increase the contingent of troops to 5,000.
Canada supported the United States when the latter spearheaded the 2001 invasion and subsequent occupation of Afghanistan by sending a contingent of troops in 2002.
And Azerbaijan has offered to send a token contingent of troops to join a Turkish battalion earmarked for Kosovo.In this section What next for Slobodan Milosevic?
It has the third-largest contingent of troops under NATO command in Afghanistan, but they are largely confined to the less violent north of the country.
Another day, Khalilzad met with the Ambassador representing one of America's coalition partners, a country that has a contingent of troops in Iraq.
The new contingent of troops had been readied last week when they were put on 48-hour standby, reduced from 72 hours.
