Assertion: contractor | /r/CapableOf | assume larger on-the-ground presence
Facets:
value: much
type: DEGREE
value: during recent american conflicts
type: TEMPORAL
Source sentences:
text: Contractors have also assumed a much larger on-the-ground presence during recent American conflicts: during the 1991 Gulf War the ratio of uniformed military to contractors was about 50 to 1, while during the first four years of the Iraq War the U.S. hired over 190,000 contractors, surpassing the total American military presence even during the 2007 Iraq surge and 23 times greater than other allied military personnel numbers.