The police enjoy the benefit of being the most powerful armed force on the streets.
The success of the all-volunteer force in replacing the draft with a superb fighting force has transformed the armed services into a cohort of highly skilled warriors about whom the general population knows little, and to whom it is not as tied as has historically been the case.
The MoD's armed police force guard all defence locations in the UK and abroad.
These American patriots -- all the services that are represented up here today, all of you who are out there today -- you're the reason why America and our Armed Forces remain the greatest force for peace and security that the world has ever known.
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Mark Welsh, the Air Force's chief of staff, told the Senate Armed Services Committee that he and Air Force Secretary Michael Donley were "appalled" by the charges against Krusinski.
The lightly-armed cruiser sank after taking the full force of a surprise German attack on 5 November, 1940.
The issue in Yugoslavia is the illegitimate use of armed force for political ends.
When, as part of the implementation of the Oslo peace process with the PLO, the government of Israel allowed for an Arab armed force to be deployed on the outskirts of the city, fear returned to Jerusalem.
While the proposed use of drones is for surveillance purposes only, the Security Council resolution authorizing UN operations in the DRC could allow for the drones to be armed and would authorize the use of force if necessary to protect individuals from an imminent threat of violence.
The city is powerless, suggests Mr Atrianfar, to force the conservative-run armed forces and the state broadcaster to pay the millions of dollars of back taxes they owe.
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And as NPR's Tom Bowman reports, they're the driving force behind a new armed group.
It does, however, require an armed force to assess the proportionality of its actions, by measuring their anticipated military advantage against the likelihood of civilian harm.
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Sweden, Greece, Switzerland, Spain, Italy and France are working on a joint project through state-owned aeronautical companies and are in the final stages of developing an advanced armed drone prototype called the Dassault nEURon, from which the France plans to derive armed drones for its air force.
The Royal Air Force's 51 squadron, the base's quick response force, crossed the runway in two heavily-armed, Coyote open-topped vehicles.
Control would still reside with the contributing nation-state that hired the private security company, and contracts can be designed to maintain control of the duration of deployment and implementation of armed force.
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The Air Force, until strong-armed by a few legislators, rightly did not want as big a plane as the KC-30 for the simple reason that it is far better to have a larger number of smaller, more fuel-efficient aircraft capable of operating from many airfields.
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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Conway has been the most vociferous in expressing the concerns he shares with the other chiefs of the Army, Navy and Air Force about engaging in social experimentation that risks breaking the only armed forces we have during wartime.
An unfriendly government in Egypt would deprive Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of his only ally in a region that has grown more hostile toward Israel over the past several years, with the growing influence of Iran, the armed takeover of Gaza by Hamas, the rise of Hezbollah as a major political force in Lebanon, and Turkey's tilt away from Israel and toward Syria.
Violent security incidents continue to take place due to the lack of a coherent national Libyan security force and the strength of local militias and large numbers of armed groups.
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UN's first armed peacekeeping force, stationed along the Suez Canal.
So the government is also promising a new border task-force, bringing together the federal and state police with the armed forces.
To all the friends of Air Force football, congratulations on holding onto the title of gridiron supremacy in the Armed Forces.
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Shalikashvili told the Senate Armed Services Committee that the U.S. troops would be part of an overall implementation force (IFOR) of 60, 000 NATO troops.
The only single purpose here is to secure that population, bring the level of violence down, force the Sunni insurgents to realize that they cannot achieve their political objectives with armed violence, and bring together a reconciliation between the Sunnis and the Shiite-dominated government, which would then quiet the Shiite militias to be sure.
Wylfa is defended by the Civil Nuclear Constabulary (CNC), an armed force dedicated to counter-terrorism.
Analysts say the group is trying to force the government to include it in peace talks it is holding with the larger Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (Farc).
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