I’ve not heard about 300 men. What am I missing?
It is a reference to the 300 Spartans.
However, there was a proposal to leave 3000 troops in Iraq (or maybe 4) at one point. 10 times 300. Spartans by another name......
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/09/07/world/middleeast/07military.html?_r=1&pagewanted=all