troop strength
Soldiers on hand
Troop strength is the number of military personnel in a force, unit, or deployment.
The term appears in discussions of military capacity and readiness: The general requested an increase in troop strength.
It can refer to current numbers or authorized limits: Troop strength in the region has fallen below acceptable levels.
- riflesLong-barreled shoulder firearms
- soldiersMilitary personnel who fight
- boots on the groundMilitary presence in area
- uniformsStandardized institutional clothing
- linesStrokes connecting two points
tanks · deterrence · officers · recruits · conscripts · battalions · discipline · reservists · manpower shortage · standing army · logistics · war planning · training · platoons · readiness · faces · artillery · mass
- military readinessreadiness, mobilization, deployment, drills, training
- numerical advantageoutnumber, majority, surplus, man advantage, manpower
- militarysoldiers, army, officers, navy, generals
- military personnelsoldiers, soldier, midshipmen, officers, ensigns
- Asian MilitariesJapanese Navy, PLAN, Gurkhas, armed forces, air forces
- defense readinessDEFCON, mobilization, deployment, standby, rapid response
troop strengthundermanning
Having too few employees
skeleton crew · drawdown · demobilization · troop withdrawal · understaffing
troop strengthfirepower
Combat weapon effectiveness
morale · combat readiness · technological superiority · air superiority · naval power
troop, strength, troops, trooper, troopers, trooping, trooped, strong, strongly