Sentence examples for an armed defense force from inspiring English sources

The Constitution calls for an armed defense force, so Mr. Martelly may already have the legal authority he needs.

They are part of a loose-knit, meagerly armed, local defense force called the Arrow Boys.

A person may not become a member of a defense force established under subsection (c) if he is a member of a reserve component of the armed forces.

The United States has been channeling its efforts for a security force into a civil defense force, discouraging or disarming previously formed private armed forces.

Probably the most important governmental action contemplated by the war power is the building up and maintenance of an armed force for the common defense.

They banned references to the "military coup" of 1962, calling it a "takeover" by the Tatmadaw, the formal term for the armed forces that translates as "great defense force".

The Russian armed forces consist of an army, navy, air force (which merged with the air defense force in 1998), and strategic rocket force, all under the command of the president.

Still, the army remains an armed force.

With the Canadian ministry of defense, the CBC operates an armed forces broadcasting service; the CBC also operates an international shortwave radio service.

Some of these armed groups began as local defense forces, which then morphed into militias that plague the civilians they are supposedly protecting.

The head of the armed forces, defense minister and deputy prime minister who deposed President Mohamed Morsi on July 3 is the object of hero worship and many quirky commercial tie-ins.