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FORCE CREUSE [1 record]

Record 1 2008-11-07

English

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

The CDS [Chief of Defence Staff] indicated that CMP [Chief of Military Personnel] could seek the addition of an additional 200 personnel if necessary to address the "hollow force" of the Army...

CONT

... training system deficiencies are symptomatic of the "hollow force" in that the same people required to train new arrivals on a unit are also those who are deployed and/or needed in HQs [headquarters].

French

Domaine(s)
  • Militaire (Généralités)
  • Phraséologie des langues de spécialité
CONT

Le CEMD [Chef d'état-major de la Défense] indique que le CPM [Chef du personnel militaire] pourrait tenter d'ajouter 200 autres membres supplémentaires, s'il y a lieu, afin de régler le problème de «force creuse» de l'Armée [...].

CONT

[...] les lacunes du système d'instruction sont symptomatiques de la «force creuse» puisque le personnel responsable de l'instruction des nouvelles recrues est déployé ou doit demeurer au quartier général.

Spanish

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