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
“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
On the contrary, when I view the external aspect of Catholicism as a whole, I behold within it the active forces of life at work from the first.
From Donahoe's Magazine, Volume 15, No. 1, January 1886 by Various
