armed services
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These schools weren’t quite a direct pipeline into the American armed services, but their implicit promise was to cultivate gentlemen, if not always literal officers.
From Los Angeles Times • May 22, 2026
The moves, ostensibly to reduce corruption in the military’s ranks, leave the top tier of Xi’s armed services, which haven’t engaged in combat for nearly half a century, decimated and demoralized.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 12, 2026
They reminded the American public that people entering the armed services and national security services take an oath “to support and defend the Constitution.”
From Slate • Nov. 21, 2025
Poppy Scotland, like the Royal British Region in the rest of the UK, offers them financial support, help with housing, and with the adjusting to civilian life when they leave the armed services.
From BBC • Nov. 10, 2025
Never one to stray too far from the armed services, he also signed up as a member of the US Army Reserve.
From "Hidden Figures" by Margot Lee Shetterly
