Sentence examples for planned troops from inspiring English sources

Thus, the unsolved problem of a shortage of transport aircraft meant that a third of the planned troops to be used were discarded, weakening the fighting power of the airborne formation.

It remains unclear how the newly planned troop drawdown could affect the administration's negotiations with the Taliban.

In an interview with the Associated Press, General Peter Schoomaker said the army had planned troop rotations up to 2009 to ensure enough soldiers would be available.

American officers asserted that a variety of logistical considerations played the key role in the timing of the planned troop reduction.

The senior Israeli military official who spoke of further planned troop withdrawals said that Israel still had dozens of active warnings about possible Palestinian attacks and that instructions to halt violence had not filtered down through the Palestinian ranks.

He questioned whether Petraeus might be able to plan troop reductions on a faster timetable.

(Its forum, where guerrillas plan "troop digs" and exchange advice, now has more than 4,000 registered users).

Insiders want a predictive process that allows countries to plan troop contributions for NATO missions several years ahead, and to adjust defence budgets accordingly.

Planned troop levels are expected to reach more than 60,000 Americans.

The Chancellor George Osborne has told MPs the cost of operations in Afghanistan will be lower than planned because troops will be withdrawn from the country in 2014.

The Georgian army lacked plans, troops, equipment, training and communications.