armed forces

Example Sentences

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But despite his wish to serve with the armed forces in the UK, he has so far been unable to apply.

From BBC • Apr. 17, 2026

This culture is at the heart of a competent military, and indeed is essential to the morale and cohesion that makes the American armed forces the envy of the world.

From Slate • Apr. 13, 2026

Police on Saturday with the support of the armed forces deployed public order units to clear the blockade at Whitegate Refinery in southern Ireland.

From Barron's • Apr. 12, 2026

“Our armed forces left them in no doubt that they were being monitored, that their movements were not covert, as President Putin planned, and that their attempted secret operation had been exposed,” Healey said.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 9, 2026

In Jan Scruggs’s conservative family, he’d been taught it was his duty as a citizen to serve in the armed forces.

From "Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam" by Elizabeth Partridge