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What are armed forces?

What are armed forces? Here are some definitions.

Noun
  1. The military forces of a nation, such as the army, navy, air force, marines and, sometimes, coastguard or border guard, which are tasked with the defence of the nation and its citizens, if necessary through use of deadly force.
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The ministry also demanded that he change the script, alleging that it would discourage recruitment to the armed forces.
An aggressor might see a country whose armed forces project a poor public image as an easy target.
Another is the United Nations convention on the rights of the child, which restricts recruitment of children into the armed forces.
This last example suggests that the driving force for women's full integration into the armed forces has been manpower shortage.
Many other Western countries have also accumulated considerable experience in recruiting women for service in the modern armed forces.
The armed forces consist of an army, a navy, a coast guard, and an air force.

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