armed services

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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

In many cases, foreign sales offset a large share of the costs that the U.S. armed services incur in buying the weapons for their own arsenals.

From Slate • Apr. 24, 2026

And it addressed billions of dollars in unfunded requirements submitted by the armed services and combatant commands.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 2, 2025

The chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, a body of the highest-ranking US military officers, met both the House and Senate's armed services committees over the weekend.

From BBC • Dec. 1, 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