Sentence examples for competent armed forces from inspiring English sources

Between them, the Baltic states have no competent armed forces, no tanks or artillery and a few transport planes that could hardly be called an air force.

General Cantwell, who commanded Australian forces in the Middle East and Afghanistan in 2010, said the Diggers had made good progress in calming Oruzgan while training and backing up Afghan forces, although he noted, "It takes many years to grow genuinely competent armed forces and the Afghans have a long way to go".

"Our entire military reform is aimed at making the armed component of the state and the main part of that component -- the armed forces -- more competent, more viable, more efficient," he said.

But the defence of Indonesia's vast archipelago from outside powers part of the armed forces' official job, after all needs a competent navy and air force.

"(The government) has wasted and brought a bad end to our armed forces, those armed forces who are highly sincere, highly competent and highly capable and highly professional," he said, alternating between Urdu and English.

Baradar was deputy chief of the armed forces when the Taliban controlled Afghanistan, and was regarded as one of the movement's more competent leaders.

The armed forces have evolved.

"Trust the armed forces," Maj.

The armed forces remained factionalised.

British armed forces served bravely.

designs on Ukrainereforming its armed forces.