Armed Forces Day
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of Armed Forces Day
First recorded in 1965–70
Example Sentences
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Every March 27 he oversees a parade of troops and materiel in the capital Naypyidaw for Armed Forces Day, standing on an open-top jeep and festooned with his many military and civilian awards.
From Barron's • Dec. 23, 2025
The Armed Forces Day event and parade are being held before the actual day on Oct.
From Reuters • Sep. 26, 2023
The aerobatics team, who are based at RAF Waddington in Lincolnshire, had been performing in Falmouth as part of Armed Forces Day.
From BBC • Jun. 26, 2023
Armed Forces Day marks the anniversary of the start of a 1945 uprising of a ragtag army against occupying Japanese forces.
From Seattle Times • Mar. 27, 2023
On the heels of the attacks, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy traveled to the Donetsk region — one of the epicenters of fighting in eastern Ukraine — to mark his country’s Armed Forces Day on Wednesday.
From Washington Times • Dec. 7, 2022
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