troop surge
Sending more soldiers
A troop surge is a rapid, substantial increase in military personnel deployed to a conflict zone, typically as a temporary escalation to achieve specific objectives.
The term gained prominence during the Iraq War, when the U.S. sent additional forces in 2007 to stabilize Baghdad: The surge helped reduce violence, but its long-term impact remains debated.
- counteroffensiveRetaliatory military operation
- reinforcementAdding support or encouragement
- boots on the groundMilitary presence in area
- mobilizationOrganizing for action
- logisticsCoordination of complex activities
crisis management · foreign policy · coalition forces · flashpoint · bivouac · airlift · intervention · tactical maneuver · combat readiness · Afghanistan · Baghdad · contingency planning · mission creep · supply chain · strategic reserve · staging area · forward operating base · force multiplier
- surgesupsurge, power spike
- military strategymilitary doctrine, combat tactics, tactical maneuvers, war planning, defense policy
- War on TerrorOsama bin Laden, IED, Guantanamo, regime change, Rumsfeld
- deploymentmobilization, redeployment, rapid deployment, drawdown, buildup
- conflictclash, fight, war, battle, dispute
- Vietnam WarVietnam War, Vietnam, Tet Offensive, My Lai Massacre, Viet Cong
troop surgetroop withdrawal
Removal of armed forces
drawdown · troop reduction · pullout · military withdrawal · demobilization
troop surgeretreat
Sanctuary or withdrawal
evacuation · ceasefire · armistice · non-intervention · de-escalation
troop, surge, troops, surges, surged, surging, trooper, troopers, trooping