The army numbered fully 16,000 men, making it the largest single force ever deployed in North America at the time.
No French troops were ever deployed in Iraq, and the idea was never mooted once Sarkozy became presidential candidate.
Police Commissioner Howard Safir said that 28,000 police officers -- the greatest number the city has ever deployed in a 24-hour period -- would be on duty, reinforced by nearly 2,500 members of the Coast Guard and teams of federal agents from around the country.
That principle served me well in the military in all the theaters I was ever deployed in, from Northern Ireland to Afghanistan.
Within 17 minutes, the towerlike mast was all the way out -- and the longest rigid structure ever deployed in space.
Altogether, the solar wings will cover half an acre, making them the largest structure ever deployed in space.
Once unfurled, the wings will stretch 240 feet from tip to tip, and 38 feet across, constituting the largest structure ever deployed in space.
To retrieve information needed for the three-dimensional views, the shuttle will have to extend a 197-foot metal and plastic antenna mast, the longest rigid structure ever deployed in space.
When US tanks rolled into Iraq in March 2003, they brought with them the largest army of "private contractors" ever deployed in a war.
In Smith's case, technicians instructed him to lie as he answered several questions about his military service, including: "Were you ever deployed in Iraq?" He was but said he wasn't.
