Not just troop ships, the 3,000 are from all branches of the military and a large number of various units, including aviation and the 101st Airborne, and they will be coming and going at completely different times, it was one of those hilariously stupid things that the ignorant say.
If he were a democrat, we would be having all kinds of fun with this, it is like so many of his other puzzlingly stupid remarks on things like abortion and gay marriage.
Rand was off his rocker...however, these troops are transporting in a C17. - ...cargo dimensions
88 by 18 by 12 feet....quarters are still too close.