The PLA is still the largest army in the world, with an active force of 2.3m.
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The US Air Force lists an "active force" of 217 of the aircraft.
With an active force of 7600 Slovenia is a nonfactor in Europe, and even more so in the global balance.
Tonight, with a healthy, growing economy, with more Americans going back to work, with our nation an active force for good in the world -- the state of our union is confident and strong.
NORFOLK, Va. (AP) A third of the U.S. Air Force's active-duty force of combat planes including fighters and bombers will be grounded due to federal budget cuts, and only the units preparing to deploy to major operations, such as the war in Afghanistan, will remain mission-ready, a top general said Tuesday.
About 70, 000 foreign-born men and women serve in the U.S. armed forces, or about 5 percent of the total active-duty force, according to the Pentagon.
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The President, again, in that meeting with the Joint Chiefs, had an opportunity to talk to the service heads about the stress that has been put on our active-duty force, the stress that's been put on the Guard and reserve as the individuals charged with having a ready, rested, and well-equipped force for our protection.
Nearly three-quarters of them are active in the labor force, estimates show.
Most of the 6, 500 active-duty Air Force personnel in the state are stationed at Wright-Patterson, and many have adult dependents living with them.
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As the most active user of Air Force One in recent history, President Obama surely appreciates that he would be at a distinct disadvantage if access to efficient, secure, on-demand transportation were not available to him or members of his administration.
After active use of the police force on Monday, which detained a few hundred people, public comments and actions have softened.
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This (albeit much smaller) force is most active in Oaxaca, next to Chiapas, and in Guerrero, which has more insurgent groups than any other state.
The latest U.S assessment is that as many as 10, 000 Syrian troops may have defected, but that represents fewer than 2% of Syria's more than 600, 000-man active-duty and reserve force.
Economically, women have gone from being visibly active in the Iraqi work force in the 1980s -- particularly in the farming, marketing and professional services sectors -- to being nearly non-existent in 2013.
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John Noonan, an active duty member of the Air Force who co-edits the blog OPFOR, also attended the milbloggers event.
As a global force, the Gulenists are especially active in education.
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The Air Force would make do with 16 active and 12 reserve tactical fighter wings versus a Cold War structure of 24 active and 12 reserve fighter wings.
For instance, the Defense Business Board found last year that 40 percent of the 1.4 million active-duty military personnel in the joint force had never deployed for combat, and an additional 30 percent had only deployed once.
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Second, we should distinguish between high-powered careers that really are incompatible with active involvement in family life and those that force people to choose between work and family only because of misguided employment requirements and inadequate work-family policies.
Her second son, Andrew, served in the Royal Navy for 22 years - taking part in active service as part of the British naval task force during the Falklands War.
"There is nothing in international law that bans the use of remotely piloted aircraft for this purpose or that prohibits us from using lethal force against our enemies outside of an active battlefield, at least when the country involved consents or is unable or unwilling to take action against the threat, " Brennan said at the time.
In addition, "There is nothing in international law that bans the use of remotely piloted aircraft for this purpose or that prohibits us from using lethal force against our enemies outside of an active battlefield, at least when the country involved consents or is unable or unwilling to take action against the threat, " Brennan said at the time.
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Another suggestion: Require that companies over a certain size offer LTC insurance and force workers to buy unless they make an active choice to reject insurance.
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It could also be used with a camera-based position detection system as shown above, meaning your finger's location and force could be calculated on a non-active surface like an ordinary table.
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For decades they used their bargaining power to force down the fees they paid to conventional, active fund managers.
Tea Party values can still be a political force to be reckoned with and a catalyst for active, effective and responsible citizenship that protects freedom.
According to Ron Borsch's study for the Force Science Research Center at Minnesota State University-Mankato, active shooters are different from the gangsters and other street toughs whom a police officer might engage in a gunfight.
There has been no active draft since 1973, when the military converted to an all-volunteer force.
This happens when there are relatively few children (because of the fall in fertility), relatively few older people (because of higher mortality previously), and lots of economically active adults, including, often, many women, who enter the labour force in large numbers for the first time.
The program will be expanded next year with the Air Force, Army and Navy combining funds for two courses to certify 60 active-duty physicians as medical acupuncturists.
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