The phrase "armed forces participated" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when discussing the involvement of military groups in an event, operation, or activity.
Example: "The armed forces participated in the humanitarian mission to provide aid to the affected regions."
Alternatives: "military forces took part" or "defense forces were involved".
Of particular concern is the fact that it was only four months ago that government departments, emergency services and the armed forces participated in a preparedness exercise designed to assess how Britain would cope with the next row involving the presenter of the popular BBC2 motoring show.
In 1972, during the Vietnam War, family members of POW/MIA members of the American armed forces participated in South Boston's Saint Patrick's Day march.
Family members delivered this information about the forced disappearance to Human Rights Watch (HRW), which in 2011 said "there is evidence that suggests strongly that members of the armed forces participated" in the six men's disappearance.
Opposition groups are also critical of draft measures introduced into parliament this week that would extend the legal immunities of members of the armed forces participating in anti-terror operations.
A nationalist Sunni Arab, he leads one of the armed forces participating in the liberation of Mosul.
If her religion prevents her from serving in the armed forces, participating on a jury, accepting a blood transfusion, or terminating life by disconnecting a ventilator, religious freedom will shield her from shunning, shame or incarceration, and the legal system will protect her religious rights.
Mr. Thompson, an author of the letter to Mr. Rumsfeld, also said: "Many service members in our armed forces unknowingly participated in these tests.
And, as Moon explains in a footnote, "twenty-five marines [of the Colombian armed forces] participated in the paramilitary operation that concluded in the El Salado massacre.
Sending armed forces to participate in the attacks on Isis in Syria would be such a major wrench away from the traditional line of Beijing's foreign policy that it would have to be very carefully prepared.
A leaked report published on Wednesday by The Guardian implicates Egypt's armed forces of participating in the disappearance, torture and killing of civilians across the country during the 2011 Egyptian revolution, an uprising in which the military initially professed neutrality before President Hosni Mubarak was removed from power.
"No branch of the armed forces may participate in community relations or outreach events that come at additional cost to government or rely on anything other than local assets and personnel, said Rear Adm. John F. Kirby, the chief information officer for the Navy.
