Armed forces
Armed forces noun - The combined army, air force, and navy of a nation.
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Synonyms for Armed forces
Marines and armed forces are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Marines" instead a noun phrase "Armed forces".
Marines
Marines noun - Members of a body of troops trained to serve on land or at sea.
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Synonyms for Marines
Armed forces and marines are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Armed forces" instead a noun "Marines".
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- force and armed forces
- force and marines
- service and armed forces
- service and marines
- troop and armed forces
- troop and marines
- army and armed forces
- army and marines
- guard and armed forces
- guard and marines
- military and armed forces
- military and marines
- infantry and armed forces
- infantry and marines
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- Additionally, the armed forces of the Terran Confederation are made up of four branches: Army, Navy, Marines, and Space Forces.
Source: United Space of America - The Swedish Armed Forces is responsible for protecting Sweden, and are composed of the Army, the Air Force, and the Navy, which includes the Amphibious Force or Marines.
- Guards at my bases will be equipped at least as well as the US Armed Forces, and at least as well trained as Royal Marines.
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