Sentence examples for troop shortage from inspiring English sources

Washington has pushed European allies for many months to increase their commitments in Afghanistan — military and civilian — but a troop shortage persists, according to US commanders.

Some senior officials contend that the potential troop shortage could mean that the United States would have trouble mounting a large-scale attack against Iraq while maintaining commitments around the globe.

A troop shortage meant ground won from the Taliban could not be held and it was felt that with up to 22,000 US troops heading to the country's south, including to Helmand, the British had to raise their numbers to maintain credibility.

So, if you keep in mind that Paul Wolfowitz was dead wrong, since providing security after a war can indeed require many more troops than fighting a war with high-tech modern weaponry, it's clear that the troop shortage in Iraq is not a matter of tens but of hundreds of thousands.

We've responded to the troop shortage by putting an unfair burden on the force we have: multiple, extended combat tours; inadequate dwell-time between deployments; abuse of Stop-Loss orders and the Individual Ready Reserve (IRR); and overextension of the National Guard and Reserves.

He dismissed complaints about troop shortages.

Nato is also in crisis over troop shortages in Afghanistan.

Along with leadership questions, troop shortages and long re-supply lines also haunt the alliance.

Judge Phillips found that it has contributed to "critical troop shortages" and caused the discharge of members with critical skills like fluency in Arabic, medicine and counterterrorism.

The policy has led to critical troop shortages by forcing out more than 13,000 qualified service members over the last 16 years, according to the judge, Virginia Phillips.

Troop shortages have made it difficult for NATO to hold areas seized from the Taliban in southern Afghanistan.