active forces

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But Washington is not seeking to redeploy active forces or reopen the large drone base it built in Agadez, Niger, where it had around 800 troops.

From BBC • Feb. 1, 2026

Russia, with overall active forces of 900,000, is by far the CSTO's most powerful member, and the organisation's unified military headquarters is headed by a Russian.

From Reuters • Feb. 19, 2022

“While training for reservists must be curtailed, active forces will stay at their posts adapting their training to achieve the least negative impact on our readiness to fight.”

From Washington Post • Jan. 20, 2018

They are the active forces here, while Archie — for the moment at least — mostly frets and waits.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 25, 2017

Aside from the active forces which apparently flow from it, we know nothing, and speculation takes the place of knowledge.

From Studies in the Out-Lying Fields of Psychic Science by Tuttle, Hudson