How many people make up one US troop?

If you were to hear on the news that we have 140,000 troops in Iraq , does that mean 140,000 individual men and women? Or does one troop have a certain amount assigned to each troop?How many people make up one US troop?
it is individuals. not 1 troop = 10 troops





140,000 troops in Iraq means there are 140,000 service members in Iraq.How many people make up one US troop?
One for one. If they say one troop, they mean one individual servicemember.





A ';soldier'; is an Army term.





Marines are called ';troops';, or just ';Marine';. Even in their SOP's and training manuals, the term ';troop'; refers to a Marine.





Calling a Marine a ';soldier'; is an insult to him/her.





Try the ';soldier'; thing sometime when there are Marines around. They won't respond to you very quickly because they will think you are addressing the Army.





Airmen and seamen are the other correct names for the Air Force and the Navy.
Whoa.
In the U.S. military 1 troop = 1 service person.
A troop is an individual soldier. In the army though troops are organized into elements. The smallest element is a squad=8-12 soldiers. Then there is the platoon=16-50 soldiers. Followed by a company=100-300 soldiers. Batallions are next highest at 300-1000 soldiers. A Regiment is anywhere between 1000-4000 soldiers. Next comes a Brigade which is anywhere between 4000-9000 soldiers. 2-4 Brigades make up divisions that can range anywhere from 10,000 to 25,000 soldiers. 3 or more divisions make up a Corps, which can have as many as 80,000 soldiers. Finally, 2 or more Corps make up an Army which has 150,000 plus soldiers.
';Troop'; is an Army term.


No self-respecting Marine would be called a ';Troop';


Navy personnel are not called ';Troops';


Air Force are not called ';Troops';


It's the damn newspaper and TV people. They put that term as a generic term for all military personnel in an area.
There may be a source of your confusion. Normally a ';troop'; will refer to one individual. However, ';troop'; can also refer to a company sized unit in a Cavalry Battalion. This would consist of around 150 people or so (give or take). So if someone refers to a troop, you have to look at what context they are using to know what they are refering to.