This always confuses me. Does this mean one soldier is a troop?
2007-01-11 07:53:47 · 10 answers · asked by Ricky 6 in Politics & Government ➔ Military
yes one soldier is a troop
Troop is short for Trooper
Main Entry: troop·er
Pronunciation: 'trü-p&r
Function: noun
1 a (1) : an enlisted cavalryman
(2) : the horse of a cavalryman
b : PARATROOPER
c : SOLDIER
2007-01-11 07:59:27 · answer #1 · answered by chumpchange 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Depends on the context.
In the example of Bush sending another 21000 troops to Iraq, he means that's he's sending over another 21000 soldiers out there.
However, a troop is a sub-unit of an armoured, field engineer or signals squadron. So, if it's said that they sent a troop of engineers to do mine clearance in an area, they're sending in more than one guy. In a case like this, a troop is to the squadron what a platoon is to a company and comprise, in general, no more than 40 soldiers.
2007-01-11 08:56:53 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
'Troops' is nearly always used in the plural, to refer to soldiers. I don't know where the expression came from, but that's how we use it. In the days of mounted cavalry, there was a unit called a 'troop,' which may have been analogous to a platoon, although I'm not sure of that. We haven't had any horse cavalry since before WWII.
But basically, 20,000 troops means 20,000 individual soldiers or Marines. That number includes officers as well, of course.
2007-01-11 08:05:23 · answer #3 · answered by Joseph J 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
A troop is the Commonweath equivilent of a platoon. A platoon is about 25 and 50 soldiers depending on type and number of squads. However in this case troops probably means a single soldier.
2007-01-11 08:04:19 · answer #4 · answered by Bryan K 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
A troop is a soldier, a marine,a navy or a coast guard;I think what you mean is how many troops are in a bergade and in that case it depends on the branch of military the bergade is from.
2007-01-11 08:04:47 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Troops means group of soldiers; a troop is a soldier. There is no quantitative numbers for using "troops", it can be thousand, millions, etc.
2007-01-11 08:07:21 · answer #6 · answered by Mike D 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You look to favor to make a mountain out of a molehill. The plural troops is an same because the plural boots. Troops on the floor equivalent 1000. I000 better boots on the floor might want to also and likely propose 1000 better adult males, even although there might want to be 2000 boots. take care of those as protection rigidity euphemisms, do not take them too literal!
2016-12-02 03:28:31 · answer #7 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Back to the goof troop with you.
2007-01-11 08:02:02 · answer #8 · answered by corzich 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
thats what I reckon, 20,000 troops means 20,000 soldiers.
2007-01-11 08:00:32 · answer #9 · answered by pansi1951 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
One or many....Troop is singular or plural
2007-01-11 08:35:33 · answer #10 · answered by PoliticallyIncorrect 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋