active forces

Example Sentences

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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

The Defense Department requires that immunization protocols for reserve forces be consistent with active forces, and special requirements during pandemic influenza could be analogized to covid-19.

From Washington Post • Aug. 12, 2021

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

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 25, 2017

So the Slavonians, who tell only in the mass, and whose influence is ascertainable sometimes by adding to the momentum of active forces, sometimes by impeding through inertness the progress of mankind.

From The History of Freedom by Acton, John Emerich Edward Dalberg Acton, Baron