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L3lack_light Posted 14 years ago
Vocabulary
To be sized to
Hello everybody in EnglishForward. Can you please tell me what "be sized to" means in the following sentence? Thanks a million times.
"However, U.S. forces will no longer be sized to conduct large-scale, prolonged stability operations."
"However, U.S. forces will no longer be sized to conduct large-scale, prolonged stability operations."
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It means that the number of soldiers, weapons, equipment, support personnel,etc will be reduced. The size of the army, navy, and air force will be changed to be right for a different strategy.
- It means that the number of soldiers, weapons, equipment, support personnel,etc will be reduced.
- The size of the army, navy, and air force will be changed to be right for a different strategy.
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It means that the number of soldiers, weapons, equipment, support personnel,etc will be reduced. The size of the army, navy, and air force will be changed to be right for a different strategy.
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