You are correct. I wanted to take the lowest number I could. I used this reference:
A Historical Basis for Force Requirements in Counterinsurgency by STEVEN M. GOODE.
There is also:
Troop Levels in Stability Operations: What We Don’t Know by Peter J. P. Krause. It is an MIT pub and is where I took the more robust 20 per 1,000. I would think that this number is more logical if you had to do everything including military and civilian security and providing basic services. Krause includes military and civilian security forces in his number (based on Iraq):
Notibly, the numbers do not include contractor support or civilians helping with the Iraqi Government.
The 3 per 1,000 number is for a U.S. style police department, which is interesting if for no other reason than most people in the U.S. are not likely to challenge police authority or think that the local government and police are illegitimate ... mostly. It would not be a planning factor I would use for an invasion and occupation.
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