Sentence examples for troop density from inspiring English sources

This is more than 430,000 troops short of the number needed to satisfy Coin's own textbook definition of "minimum troop density".

The US army's own much-lauded counter-insurgency field manual, co-authored by Petraeus in 2006, emphasises the importance of "troop density", or the ratio of security forces to inhabitants: "20 counter-insurgents per 1,000 residents [or 1 50] is often considered the minimum troop density required for effective Coin operations".

Indeed, until recently, many parts of southern Afghanistan had barely seen an American soldier, and there are still critical areas where the Americans lack sufficient troop density to impose their will.

As troop densities diminish, soldiers take on new tasks, each of which constitutes a distraction from combat missions.

Because we've been able to provide ideal troop-to-ground density and restricted their space of operations.

"And we're taking the top off it with a pretty thin density of troops.

"They need a lot higher density of troops per square mile in the north-east than they have".

"They need a lot higher density of troops per square mile in the north-east than they have". But there are also complaints of being totally let down by the military in the worst-affected areas.

The absence of many natural defensive features and the relative low density of troops defending it, compared with the Western Front, created a far more fluid battlefield.

Troop size, home range, and population density vary by region and food availability.

"This is why we need greater density of forces," Wall said today – meaning more British troops would be needed.