armed forces
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The government has mobilized 70,000 officers nationwide from the police and gendarmerie, a branch of the armed forces with policing duties.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 24, 2026
New Zealand's Defence Minister Paul Goldsmith said the circumstances around the resignation would come as a "great disappointment" to many in the armed forces.
From Barron's ● Oct. 23, 2026
He was accused of serving in Ukraine's armed forces and convicted in a trial in Moscow before being sentenced to six years and 10 months.
From BBC ● Oct. 23, 2026
Zelenskyy said Ukraine’s armed forces had received appropriate orders, although he did not specify what those instructions entailed.
From Salon ● Oct. 11, 2026
In Jan Scruggs’s conservative family, he’d been taught it was his duty as a citizen to serve in the armed forces.
From "Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam" by Elizabeth Partridge
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