The first step to stop the killing is to dispatch a robust U.N. peacekeeping force of at least 20,000 well-equipped and mobile troops.

By 1969, 800 Somali officers had received Soviet training, while the army had expanded to over 23,000 well-equipped troops.

By this time, the bucellarii were well integrated into the main Roman army, and soon the term came to be applied indiscriminately to well-equipped cavalry troops.

Reuters reporters on the ground in Georgia saw disciplined, well-equipped troops.

Ideally, the Pentagon seeks a balance between fielding well-trained, well-equipped troops and preparing for future weapons and equipment.

He described the proposed force as "well-trained, well-equipped troops from Western countries, from third world countries" who have participated in other peacekeeping operations.

Land help with supplies and transport, and thirty to forty thousand first-rate, well-equipped troops in formed units.

Montemar was, according to reports Belmonte received later, reinforced by 3,000 men, raising his troop count to about 14,000 experienced and well-equipped troops.

The Russian Caucasus Army was a well-equipped 100,000 troops.

South Korea has more than 633,000 well-equipped troops, plus 37,000 United States support forces.