The phrase "authorized strength" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used in contexts related to military, organizational, or personnel management to refer to the officially sanctioned number of personnel or resources.
Example: "The authorized strength of the unit is set at 150 personnel, ensuring we have adequate support for our operations."
Alternatives: "approved capacity" or "official strength".
The maximum authorized strength of MINURCAT was 300 police and 50 military liaison officers, along with civilian personnel, but initially it consisted of only three military observers.
The Army Reorganization Act of 1866 (formally, An Act to increase and fix the Military Peace Establishment of the United States) provided for a regular army of 54,000 men, but this figure was gradually decreased until 1874, when authorized strength was set at 25,000, where it remained until the Spanish-American War.
Subject to subsection (f) of this section, chapter 911 of this title, and the strength authorized by law pursuant to section 115 of this title, the authorized strength of the Air Force is 70 Regular Air Force groups and such separate Regular Air Force squadrons, reserve groups, and supporting and auxiliary regular and reserve units as required.
(2) substituted "Of the number of Navy reserve officers authorized by subsection (a), 40 are distributed among the line and staff corps as follows:" for "The authorized strength of the Navy under subsection (a) is exclusive of officers counted under section 526 of this title.
In Miami, the police department has only 883 officers, well below its authorized strength of 1,045 officers.
The Los Angeles department has an authorized strength of 10,000 and a current strength of 8,900.
As a result, the First and Third Brigades are now at or near their authorized troop strength, but many of the soldiers are raw.
L. 96 513 substituted ", chapter 831 of this title, and the strength authorized by law pursuant to section 138" for "and chapter 831".
The U.N. Security Council authorized a military personnel strength of 7,000, but only about 5,100 soldiers are in the country at present.
Because of the Philippine-American War (1899 1902), the president was authorized to keep the strength of the regular army at a maximum of 65,000 members, and in 1901 this figure was raised to 100,000.
The arrival of new troops would lift the United Nations mission's military strength in Sierra Leone close to the authorized ceiling of 11,700, from 8,936 reported today.
