On October 1st the trained strength of the British armed forces was 173, 270.

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Since the Americans arrived, the Philippine armed forces say they have reduced the strength of the Abu Sayyaf from hundreds to dozens.

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Violent security incidents continue to take place due to the lack of a coherent national Libyan security force and the strength of local militias and large numbers of armed groups.

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He described the armed forces as "a pillar of the nation's resilience and strength".

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The armed forces have indeed been shrunk, but not without hiccups: army strength, under the peace accords, was to be cut by a third, to 31, 000, but then the generals suddenly claimed it was only 35, 000 anyway, so much smaller cuts were in order.

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The total size of the armed forces would shrink from 2.1 million to 1.6 million active-duty end strength and from 1.6 million to around 900, 000 reserves.

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