Sentence examples for troop figures from inspiring English sources

Each of the four options that were presented to Obama on Wednesday were accompanied by troop figures and the estimated annual costs of the additional deployments, roughly calculated as $1 billion per thousand troops.

Though VICE News could not immediately confirm the accuracy of the troop figures, it is clear that Sudanese forces are present on the ground in Yemen.

Aides to Obama indicated that the administration had decided on a troop number before figuring out which forces will train Afghans and which will hunt al-Qaida and related targets.

The battle, which took place July 17 , 1863 involved the First Kansas Colored Volunteer Infantry and was the first time black troops figured prominently in a major Civil War conflict.

Capa, having caught up with the advancing troops, figured that the view from the balcony "could be the last picture of the war for my camera". He arrived at the apartment in time to snap the corporal reloading his gun when a German sniper in the street fired a bullet through the soldier's neck, killing him.

If the $875,000-per-troop figure sounds high, that's because it probably is.

So naturally the GOP shock troops figured that this was the perfect time for a resolution that called the Democrats names.

New York State systematically inflated troop strength figures for its Army National Guard in the late 1990's, in an attempt to make recruitment efforts appear more successful than they were, state officials reported yesterday.

B1 Guard Rolls Were Inflated New York State systematically inflated troop strength figures for its Army National Guard in the late 1990's in a bid to make recruitment efforts appear more successful.

That was done despite evidence obtained by Westmoreland's own headquarters staff that showed significantly higher troop-strength figures.

It's really not all that hard for a journalist to get the official troop level figure.