armed services
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These schools weren’t quite a direct pipeline into the American armed services, but their implicit promise was to cultivate gentlemen, if not always literal officers.
From Los Angeles Times • May 22, 2026
The moves, ostensibly to reduce corruption in the military’s ranks, leave the top tier of Xi’s armed services, which haven’t engaged in combat for nearly half a century, decimated and demoralized.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 12, 2026
They reminded the American public that people entering the armed services and national security services take an oath “to support and defend the Constitution.”
From Slate • Nov. 21, 2025
The Pentagon - which oversees the US armed services - is the successor to the War Department, which was first established as a cabinet-level agency in 1789 and existed until 1947.
From BBC • Sep. 4, 2025
Never one to stray too far from the armed services, he also signed up as a member of the US Army Reserve.
From "Hidden Figures" by Margot Lee Shetterly
