After getting a lot of backlash from the media because of his comments on Monday President Barack Obama is now considering sending 500 additional forces to Iraq. They will mainly be focused on training Iraqi soldiers according to CNN.

It was said the military was considering several options. They included sending as many as 1,000 troops to Iraq but decided to send 500 late Tuesday. A final decision should be coming soon.

Details have not surfaced indicating how many of those troops will be used to train Iraqi forces or if they will be used for other purposes such as security, air support or medical aide.

Joint Chiefs of Staff Chairman, General Martin Dempsey told reports Obama has asked military brass to:

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take a look at what we’ve learned over the last eight months in the train-and-equip program and make recommendations to him on whether there are capabilities that we may want to provide to the Iraqis to actually make them more capable.

He asked us to look at whether there are other locations where we might establish training sites. He’s asked us to take a look at how we might develop Iraq’s leaders.

Currently there are 3,050 U.S. forces in Iraq. 2,250 are devoted to supporting Iraqi security forces, 800 are devoted to protecting U.S. personnel and facilities, 450 are devoted to training Iraqi troops and 200 are devoted to advising and assisting roles.