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
In all the progressions of uncivilized life, woman is but a part of the phenomena of her times, but in the history of English civilization she appears as one of its most active forces.
From Women of England by James, Bartlett Burleigh
