The phrase "army maintaining" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used in contexts discussing the upkeep or operational readiness of military forces.
Example: "The army maintaining its equipment is crucial for national defense."
Alternatives: "military upkeep" or "armed forces sustaining".
So the CNDP today forms an army within an army, maintaining many of their old positions as well as expanding their control to mineral-rich areas.
Who had fired the first shot long remained a point of contention with the army maintaining that it had fired only after being fired upon and the Roman Catholic community contending that the soldiers had opened fire on unarmed protesters.
They refused to be drafted into the army, maintaining that conscription would leave the homeland of the Khitans unprotected from rival tribes on the steppes.
In Waziristan, the army maintains close ties to the Haqqani Network, a major player in the Afghan insurgency.
A8 Israeli Occupation's Stalemate The Israeli Army maintains command of virtually all Palestinian areas of the West Bank and speaks of keeping the troops there for months.
From its remaining positions, Mr. Assad's army maintains a lethal reach over ground it can no longer walk, firing rockets, mortars and artillery into residential neighborhoods.
But even after the Korean War ended in 1953, the army maintained peacetime levels of strength that were unprecedented in the nation's history.
He said the police had been deployed on the road leading to the college and that security remained high across Swat, where the army maintains a presence.
If the election had gone ahead, it was sure to be rigged and violent.By appointing a civilian caretaker government, the army maintained at least a show of constitutionality.This was probably the least bad outcome.
The army maintains a division of soldiers in North Waziristan, but, the militant said, the Pakistani soldiers do little to hinder militant operations, which, though under greater pressure from the drones, have by no means stopped.
To the bitter end Mirror, mirror on the wall The rainman comes Reprints Related items Sri Lanka's war: Where have all the people gone?Jan 29th 2009The army maintains that frantic rebels have intensified efforts to retain non-combatants as "human shields".
