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Record 1 2006-02-09

English

Subject field(s)
  • Military Administration
  • Special-Language Phraseology
CONT

We're improving what we in the military call our "tooth-to-tail ratio". This means we are reducing resources devoted to support functions and moving resources to operations-to the sharp end.

CONT

... by 1999, the field force as a per cent of the Regular army numbers will have increased to 75 per cent as compared to 62 per cent in 1994 - a better tooth-to-tail ratio.

OBS

tooth-to-tail ratio: term in use at the Canadian Forces College in Toronto.

Key term(s)
  • teeth to tail
  • teeth-to-tail
  • tooth to tail

French

Domaine(s)
  • Administration militaire
  • Phraséologie des langues de spécialité
CONT

Nous améliorons ce que nous appelons chez les militaires notre ratio «dents-queue». Cela veut dire que nous réduisons les ressources consacrées au soutien logistique et que nous les affectons plutôt aux opérations, c'est-à-dire aux dents.

OBS

ratio dents-queue : terme en usage au Collège des Forces canadiennes à Toronto.

Spanish

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