My friend, Oilman2, has been looking at math in his “down time” out on his oil rig a couple of hundred out in the Gulf of Mexico. With the wife is ashore, the kids are mostly grown, and no local pub or your hydroponics to keep you busy, there’s not much to do, except pick up a pencil and paper and work on recreational math problems… George, Federal Employees – 3,000,000 Armed Forces (active) – 1,600,000 Armed Forces (reserve) – 1,000,000 Total – 5.6 million US Population = 317,000,000 57 regular people for every federally paid employee 122 regular people for every soldier 3,794,000 sq mi = area of USA every single soldier would be required to hold 1.45 sq mi of territory every sq mi of territory would have 83 regular people 80% of the 83 people would have a gun, or 65 guns per sq mi soldiers would EACH have approximately 120 people in their 1.45 sq mi control zone, including 90 armed with guns If we pull out the support people (mechanics, drivers, cooks, logistics, etc) then the odds for the soldier types drop even faster, as it takes 2 support guys to field a soldier…
