armed forces

Noun
  1. The military forces of a nation (synset 108215965)
    "their military is the largest in the region"; "the military machine is the same one we faced in 1991 but now it is weaker"
    associated with:
    • absence without leave, unauthorized absence - unauthorized military absence
    • pullback - (military) the act of pulling back (especially an orderly withdrawal of troops)
    • retreat - (military) withdrawal of troops to a more favorable position to escape the enemy's superior forces or after a defeat
    • stand-down, standdown - (military) a temporary stop of offensive military action
    • disengagement, fallback, pullout - to break off a military action with an enemy
    • amphibious landing - a military action of coordinated land, sea, and air forces organized for an invasion
    • gun - the discharge of a firearm as signal or as a salute in military ceremonies
    • deactivation, inactivation - breaking up a military unit (by transfers or discharges)
    • countermarch - (military) a march in the reverse direction or back along the same route
    • fly-by, flyover, flypast - a flight at a low altitude (usually of military aircraft) over spectators on the ground
    • sortie - (military) an operational flight by a single aircraft (as in a military operation)
    • troop movement - movement of military units to a new location
    • war game - a simulation of a military operation intended to train military commanders or to demonstrate a situation or to test a proposed strategy
    • militainment - entertainment with military themes in which the Department of Defense is celebrated
    • demonstration - a show of military force or preparedness
    • national service - compulsory service in the military during peacetime
    • fatigue, fatigue duty - labor of a nonmilitary kind done by soldiers (cleaning or digging or draining or so on)
    • air cover - the use of military aircraft to provide protection against attack by enemy aircraft during ground or naval operations
    • military censorship - all types of censorship conducted by personnel of the armed forces
    • umbrella - a formation of military planes maintained over ground operations or targets
    • logistic assessment - a judgment of the logistic support required for some particular military operation
    • drill - (military) the training of soldiers to march (as in ceremonial parades) or to perform the manual of arms
    • manual, manual of arms - (military) a prescribed drill in handling a rifle
    • military training - training soldiers in military procedures
    • basic training - the initial period of training for new military personnel; involves intense physical activity and behavioral discipline
    • military drill - training in marching and the use of weapons
    • close-order drill - (military) military drill of troops in standard marching (shoulder-to-shoulder)
    • square-bashing - drill on a barracks square
    • action, military action - a military engagement
    • battle, conflict, engagement, fight - a hostile meeting of opposing military forces in the course of a war
    • blockade, encirclement - a war measure that isolates some area of importance to the enemy
    • defence, defense, defensive measure - (military) military action or resources protecting a country against potential enemies
    • electronic warfare, ew - military action involving the use of electromagnetic energy to determine or exploit or reduce or prevent hostile use of the electromagnetic spectrum
    • military operation, operation - activity by a military or naval force (as a maneuver or campaign)
    • combined operation - a military operation carried out cooperatively by two or more allied nations or a military operation carried out by coordination of sea, land, and air forces
    • police action - a local military action without declaration of war; against violators of international peace and order
    • resistance - the military action of resisting the enemy's advance
    • maneuver, manoeuvre, simulated military operation - a military training exercise
    • armed combat, combat - an engagement fought between two military forces
    • campaign, military campaign - several related operations aimed at achieving a particular goal (usually within geographical and temporal constraints)
    • expedition, hostile expedition, military expedition - a military campaign designed to achieve a specific objective in a foreign country
    • military mission, mission - an operation that is assigned by a higher headquarters
    • sally, sortie - a military action in which besieged troops burst forth from their position
    • reenforcement, reinforcement, support - a military operation (often involving new supplies of men and materiel) to strengthen a military force or aid in the performance of its mission
    • attack, onrush, onset, onslaught - (military) an offensive against an enemy (using weapons)
    • war, warfare - the waging of armed conflict against an enemy
    • assault - close fighting during the culmination of a military attack
    • blitz, blitzkrieg - a swift and violent military offensive with intensive aerial bombardment
    • infiltration - a process in which individuals (or small groups) penetrate an area (especially the military penetration of enemy positions without detection)
    • peacekeeping, peacekeeping mission, peacekeeping operation - the activity of keeping the peace by military forces (especially when international military forces enforce a truce between hostile groups or nations)
    • amphibious operation - a military operation by both land and sea forces
    • psychological operation, psyop - military actions designed to influence the perceptions and attitudes of individuals, groups, and foreign governments
    • muster call - a call of the names of personnel at a military assembly
    • military ceremony - a military custom performed in observance of some event or anniversary
    • beleaguering, besieging, military blockade, siege - the action of an armed force that surrounds a fortified place and isolates it while continuing to attack
    • nuclear deterrence - the military doctrine that an enemy will be deterred from using nuclear weapons as long as he can be destroyed as a consequence
    • countermine - (military) a tunnel dug to defeat similar activities by the enemy
    • military control, occupation - the control of a country by military forces of a foreign power
    • conscription, draft, muster, selective service - compulsory military service
    • court-martial - a trial that is conducted by a military court
    • logistic assistance, logistic support - assistance between and within military commands
    • inter-service support - action by one military service to provide logistic (or administrative) support to another military service
    • air base, air station - a base for military aircraft
    • armament - weaponry used by military or naval force
    • armored car, armoured car - a military combat vehicle on wheels with light armor (and usually a machine gun)
    • apc, armored personnel carrier, armoured personnel carrier - (military) an armored vehicle (usually equipped with caterpillar treads) that is used to transport infantry
    • armory, armoury, arsenal - a military structure where arms and ammunition and other military equipment are stored and training is given in the use of arms
    • assault gun, assault rifle - any of the automatic rifles or semiautomatic rifles with large magazines designed for military use
    • attack submarine - a military submarine designed and armed to attack enemy shipping
    • b-52 - United States military aircraft; B- stands for bomber
    • barrack - a building or group of buildings used to house military personnel
    • base, base of operations - installation from which a military force initiates operations
    • battle dress - a military uniform designed for field service
    • billet - lodging for military personnel (especially in a private home)
    • bomber - a military aircraft that drops bombs during flight
    • boot camp - camp for training military recruits
    • caisson - a two-wheeled military vehicle carrying artillery ammunition
    • bivouac, camp, cantonment, encampment - temporary living quarters specially built by the army for soldiers
    • command post, general headquarters, ghq - military headquarters from which a military commander controls and organizes the forces
    • commissary - a retail store that sells equipment and provisions (usually to military personnel)
    • aid station, dressing station - (military) a station located near a combat area for giving first aid to the wounded
    • dress uniform - a military uniform worn on formal occasions
    • emplacement - military installation consisting of a prepared position for siting a weapon
    • fatigues - military uniform worn by military personnel when doing menial labor
    • field hospital - a temporary military hospital near the battle lines
    • attack aircraft, fighter, fighter aircraft - a high-speed military or naval airplane designed to destroy enemy aircraft in the air
    • fire control radar - naval radar that controls the delivery of fire on a military target
    • fire control system - naval weaponry consisting of a system for controlling the delivery of fire on a military target
    • full-dress uniform - the naval or military uniform that is specified by regulations to be worn on ceremonial occasions
    • fort, garrison - a fortified military post where troops are stationed
    • gas shell - (military) bomb consisting of an explosive projectile filled with a toxic gas that is released when the bomb explodes
    • guardhouse - a military facility that serves as the headquarters for military police and in which military prisoners can be detained
    • gun room - military quarters of midshipmen and junior officers on a British warship
    • half track - a motor vehicle propelled by half tracks; frequently used by the military
    • hardware - major items of military weaponry (as tanks or missile)
    • headquarters, hq, military headquarters - the military installation from which a commander performs the functions of command
    • hospital train - a military train built to transport wounded troops to a hospital
    • army hut, field hut, hut - temporary military shelter
    • hutment - an encampment of huts (chiefly military)
    • latrine - a public toilet in a military area
    • equipage, materiel - equipment and supplies of a military force
    • mess, mess hall - a (large) military dining room where service personnel eat or relax
    • military hospital - hospital for soldiers and other military personnel
    • military installation - any facility servicing military forces
    • military post, post - military installation at which a body of troops is stationed
    • military quarters - living quarters for personnel on a military post
    • military uniform - prescribed identifying uniform for soldiers
    • military vehicle - vehicle used by the armed forces
    • minute gun - (military) gun that is discharged once every minute (usually as part of a military funeral)
    • naval installation, shore station - military installation servicing naval forces
    • naval shipyard, navy yard - a military shipyard
    • olive drab, olive-drab uniform - military uniform of the United States Army; made from cloth of a dull olive color
    • outpost - a military post stationed at a distance from the main body of troops
    • personnel carrier - a military vehicle (usually armored) for transporting military personnel and their equipment
    • picket - a vehicle performing sentinel duty
    • platform, weapons platform - any military structure or vehicle bearing weapons
    • quartering - living accommodations (especially those assigned to military personnel)
    • reconnaissance plane - a military airplane used to gain information about an enemy
    • reconnaissance vehicle, scout car - fast armored military vehicle with four-wheel drive and open top
    • redoubt - (military) a temporary or supplementary fortification; typically square or polygonal without flanking defenses
    • regimentals - the military uniform and insignia of a regiment
    • rocket base - a military base for rocket missiles
    • silo - military installation consisting of an underground structure where ballistic missiles can be stored and fired
    • smoke screen, smokescreen - (military) screen consisting of a cloud of smoke that obscures movements
    • precision rifle, sniper rifle - an extremely powerful rifle developed for the military; capable of destroying light armored vehicles and aircraft more than a mile away
    • armored combat vehicle, armoured combat vehicle, army tank, tank - an enclosed armored military vehicle; has a cannon and moves on caterpillar treads
    • transport ship - a ship for carrying soldiers or military equipment
    • troop carrier, troop transport - any land or sea or air vehicle designed to carry troops
    • wardroom - military quarters for dining and recreation for officers of a warship (except the captain)
    • military plane, warplane - an aircraft designed and used for combat
    • combat ship, war vessel, warship - a government ship that is available for waging war
    • w.m.d., weapon of mass destruction, wmd - a weapon that kills or injures civilian as well as military personnel (nuclear and chemical and biological weapons)
    • weapons carrier - military vehicle that is a light truck designed to carry mortars or machine guns and their crews
    • sea power - naval strength
    • attention - a motionless erect stance with arms at the sides and feet together; assumed by military personnel during drill or review
    • military capability, military posture, military strength, posture, strength - capability in terms of personnel and materiel that affect the capacity to fight a war
    • firepower - (military) the relative capacity for delivering fire on a target
    • generalship - the leadership ability of a military general
    • military science - the discipline dealing with the principles of warfare
    • tactics - the branch of military science dealing with detailed maneuvers to achieve objectives set by strategy
    • strategy - the branch of military science dealing with military command and the planning and conduct of a war
    • commission, military commission - an official document issued by a government and conferring on the recipient the rank of an officer in the armed forces
    • muster roll - a list of names of officers and men in a military unit or ship's company
    • military greeting, salute - a formal military gesture of respect
    • military intelligence - information about the armed forces of another country that is useful in planning and conducting military policy or military operations
    • liberty chit, pass - a permit to enter or leave a military installation
    • lights-out, taps - (military) signal to turn the lights out
    • reveille, wake-up signal - (military) signal to wake up
    • retreat - (military) a bugle call signaling the lowering of the flag at sunset
    • retreat - (military) a signal to begin a withdrawal from a dangerous position
    • drumbeat - (military) the beating of a drum as a signal for lowering the flag at sundown
    • tattoo - a drumbeat or bugle call that signals the military to return to their quarters
    • insignia of rank - an insignia worn on a military uniform
    • order - (often plural) a command given by a superior (e.g., a military or law enforcement officer) that must be obeyed
    • call up - an order to report for military duty
    • briefing - detailed instructions, as for a military operation
    • strategic warning - (military) a warning prior to the start of a threatening act
    • tactical warning - (military) a warning after the initiation of a hostile act
    • warning of attack - a warning to national policy makers that an enemy intends to launch an attack in the near future
    • warning of war - a warning to national policy makers that an enemy intends war or is preparing for war and is on a course that increases the risk of war
    • chevron, grade insignia, stripe, stripes - V-shaped sleeve badge indicating military rank and service
    • stripe - a piece of braid, usually on the sleeve, indicating military rank or length of service
    • damage, equipment casualty - loss of military equipment
    • battle damage, combat casualty - loss of military equipment in battle
    • operational casualty, operational damage - loss of military equipment in field operations
    • casualty - a decrease of military personnel or equipment
    • combat injury, injury, wound - a casualty to military personnel resulting from combat
    • loss, personnel casualty - military personnel lost by death or capture
    • collateral damage - (euphemism) inadvertent casualties and destruction inflicted on civilians in the course of military operations
    • military ceremony - a formal ceremony performed by military personnel
    • trip wire - a small military force that serves as a first line of defense; if they become engaged in hostilities it will trigger the intervention of stronger military forces
    • joint chiefs, joint chiefs of staff - the executive agency that advises the President on military questions; composed of the chiefs of the United States Army and the United States Navy and the United States Air Force and the commandant of the United States Marine Corps
    • command - a military unit or region under the control of a single officer
    • task force - a temporary military unit formed to accomplish a particular objective
    • army unit - a military unit that is part of an army
    • army, ground forces, regular army - a permanent organization of the military land forces of a nation or state
    • naval unit - a military unit that is part of a navy
    • naval forces, navy - an organization of military vessels belonging to a country and available for sea warfare
    • coastguard - a military service responsible for the safety of maritime traffic in coastal waters
    • marines - members of a body of troops trained to serve on land or at sea
    • air unit - a military unit that is part of the airforce
    • air force, airforce - the airborne branch of a country's armed forces
    • armor, armour - a military unit consisting of armored fighting vehicles
    • armed service, military service, service - a force that is a branch of the armed forces
    • force, military force, military group, military unit - a unit that is part of some military service
    • military reserve, reserve - armed forces that are not on active duty but can be called in an emergency
    • pentagon - the United States military establishment
    • military police, mp - a military corps that enforces discipline and guards prisoners
    • shore patrol - the military police of the navy
    • company - small military unit; usually two or three platoons
    • platoon - a military unit that is a subdivision of a company; usually has a headquarters and two or more squads; usually commanded by a lieutenant
    • rearguard - a detachment assigned to protect the rear of a (retreating) military body
    • wing - a unit of military aircraft
    • echelon - a body of troops arranged in a line
    • phalanx - a body of troops in close array
    • military academy - an academy for training military officers
    • naval academy - an academy for training naval officers
    • air force academy - an academy for training air force officers
    • drumhead court-martial - a military court convened to hear urgent charges of offenses committed in action
    • court-martial - a military court to try members of the armed services who are accused of serious breaches of martial law
    • military court - a judicial court of commissioned officers for the discipline and punishment of military personnel
    • provost court - a military court for trying people charged with minor offenses in an occupied area
    • defense intelligence agency, dia - an intelligence agency of the United States in the Department of Defense; is responsible for providing intelligence in support of military planning and operations and weapons acquisition
    • artillery, artillery unit - an army unit that uses big guns
    • musketry - musketeers and their muskets collectively
    • battery - group of guns or missile launchers operated together at one place
    • cavalry - a highly mobile army unit
    • horse cavalry - an army unit mounted on horseback
    • mechanized cavalry - an armored unit of a modern army equipped with motor vehicles
    • foot, infantry - an army unit consisting of soldiers who fight on foot
    • paratroops - infantry trained and equipped to parachute
    • militia, reserves - civilians trained as soldiers but not part of the regular army
    • militia - the entire body of physically fit civilians eligible by law for military service
    • home guard - a volunteer unit formed to defend the homeland while the regular army is fighting elsewhere
    • territorial, territorial reserve - a territorial military unit
    • home reserve, national guard - United States military reserves recruited by the states and equipped by the federal government; subject to call by either
    • standing army - a permanent army of paid soldiers
    • army, u. s. army, united states army, us army, usa - the army of the United States of America; the agency that organizes and trains soldiers for land warfare
    • united states army rangers - a specially trained elite unit of the United States Army
    • united states military academy, us military academy - a school for training men and women to become officers in the United States Army
    • ai, army intelligence - an agency of the United States Army responsible for providing timely and relevant and accurate and synchronized intelligence to tactical and operational and strategic level commanders
    • army national guard, arng - a civilian reserve component of the United States Army comprised of guardsmen who serve during overseas peacekeeping missions and during local emergencies
    • military personnel, soldiery, troops - soldiers collectively
    • friendly - troops belonging to or allied with your own military forces
    • hostile - troops belonging to the enemy's military forces
    • cavalry, horse, horse cavalry - troops trained to fight on horseback
    • garrison - the troops who maintain and guard a fortified place
    • rank, rank and file - the ordinary members of an organization (such as the enlisted soldiers of an army)
    • commando - an amphibious military unit trained for raids into enemy territory
    • contingent, detail - a temporary military unit
    • general staff - military officers assigned to assist a senior officer in planning military policy
    • headquarters - (plural) a military unit consisting of a commander and the headquarters staff
    • headquarters staff - military staff stationed at headquarters
    • high command, supreme headquarters - the highest leaders in an organization (e.g. the commander-in-chief and senior officers of the military)
    • spearhead - the leading military unit in an attack
    • firing party, firing squad - a squad formed to fire volleys at a military funeral or to carry out a military execution
    • military formation - a formation of troops
    • open order - a military formation leaving enough space between ranks to allow an inspecting officer to pass
    • close order - a military formation for drill or marching
    • extended order - a military formation for skirmishing; as widely separated as the tactical situation permits
    • sick call, sick parade - the daily military formation at which individuals report to the medical officer as sick
    • column - a line of units following one after another
    • chow line - a queue of people waiting for food to be served (especially at a military camp)
    • air power, aviation - the aggregation of a country's military aircraft
    • martial law - the body of law imposed by the military over civilian affairs (usually in time of war or civil crisis); overrides civil law
    • military law - the body of laws and rules of conduct administered by military courts for the discipline, trial, and punishment of military personnel
    • muster - a gathering of military personnel for duty
    • center - the middle of a military or naval formation
    • flank, wing - the side of military or naval formation
    • head - the front of a military formation or procession
    • rear - the back of a military formation or procession
    • minefield - a region in which explosives mines have been placed
    • field, field of operations, theater, theater of operations, theatre, theatre of operations - a region in which active military operations are in progress
    • line - a fortified position (especially one marking the most forward position of troops)
    • line of battle - a line formed by troops or ships prepared to deliver or receive an attack
    • salient - (military) the part of the line of battle that projects closest to the enemy
    • battle line - the line along which warring troops meet
    • military position, position - a point occupied by troops for tactical reasons
    • staging area - an area where troops and equipment in transit are assembled before a military operation
    • sector - a portion of a military position
    • combat area, combat zone - a military area where combat forces operate
    • war zone - a combat zone where military operations are coordinated (especially a designated area in international waters where the rights of neutrals are not respected by nations at war)
    • drop zone, dropping zone - an agreed area where military supplies are dropped to ground troops
    • west point - United States Army installation on the west bank of Hudson river to the north of New York City; site of United States Military Academy
    • ensign - a person who holds a commissioned rank in the United States Navy or the United States Coast Guard; below lieutenant junior grade
    • adjutant, aide, aide-de-camp - an officer who acts as military assistant to a more senior officer
    • air attache - a military attache who is a commissioned or warrant officer in an air force
    • army attache - a military attache who is a commissioned or warrant officer in an army
    • army engineer, military engineer - a member of the military who is trained in engineering and construction work
    • army officer - an officer in the armed forces
    • bandsman - a player in a band (especially a military band)
    • brass hat - a high-ranking military officer
    • cadet, plebe - a military trainee (as at a military academy)
    • captain, skipper - the naval officer in command of a military ship
    • captain - an officer holding a rank below a major but above a lieutenant
    • casualty - someone injured or killed or captured or missing in a military engagement
    • chief of staff - the senior officer of a service of the armed forces
    • chief petty officer - a person with the senior noncommissioned naval rank
    • colonel - a commissioned military officer in the United States Army or Air Force or Marines who ranks above a lieutenant colonel and below a brigadier general
    • color bearer, standard-bearer - the soldier who carries the standard of the unit in military parades or in battle
    • combat pilot - airplane pilot who fights in an action between two military forces
    • commander - a commissioned naval officer who ranks above a lieutenant commander and below a captain
    • commandant, commander, commanding officer - an officer in command of a military unit
    • commando, ranger - a member of a military unit trained as shock troops for hit-and-run raids
    • commissioned officer - a military officer holding a commission
    • commissioned military officer - a commissioned officer in the Army or Air Force or Marine Corps
    • commissioned naval officer - a commissioned officer in the navy
    • commodore - a commissioned naval officer who ranks above a captain and below a rear admiral; the lowest grade of admiral
    • defense contractor - a contractor concerned with the development and manufacture of systems of defense
    • defector, deserter - a person who abandons their duty (as on a military post)
    • desk officer - a military officer who is not assigned to active duty
    • conscript, draftee, inductee - someone who is drafted into military service
    • drill instructor, drill master - a noncommissioned officer who instructs recruits in military marching and discipline
    • enemy, foe, foeman, opposition - an armed adversary (especially a member of an opposing military force)
    • executive officer - the officer second in command
    • field marshal - an officer holding the highest rank in the army
    • field officer, field-grade officer, fo - an officer holding the rank of major or lieutenant colonel or colonel
    • fighter pilot - a military or naval pilot of fighter planes
    • flag officer - a senior naval officer above the rank of captain
    • flanker - a soldier who is a member of a detachment assigned to guard the flanks of a military formation
    • full general, general - a general officer of the highest rank
    • general officer - officers in the Army or Air Force or Marines above the rank of colonel
    • inspector general - a military officer responsible for investigations
    • judge advocate - a staff officer serving as legal adviser to a military commander
    • judge advocate - an officer assigned to the judge advocate general
    • judge advocate general - the senior legal advisor to a branch of the military
    • lieutenant - a commissioned military officer
    • lieutenant - an officer holding a commissioned rank in the United States Navy or the United States Coast Guard; below lieutenant commander and above lieutenant junior grade
    • lieutenant colonel, light colonel - a commissioned officer in the United States Army or Air Force or Marines holding a rank above major and below colonel
    • lieutenant commander - a commissioned officer in the Navy ranking above a lieutenant and below a commander
    • lieutenant general - a general officer ranking above a major general and below a full general
    • lieutenant jg, lieutenant junior grade - an officer holding a commissioned rank in the United States Navy or United States Coast Guard; below lieutenant and above ensign
    • major - a commissioned military officer in the United States Army or Air Force or Marines; below lieutenant colonel and above captain
    • major-general - a general officer ranking above a brigadier general and below a lieutenant general
    • devil dog, leatherneck, marine, shipboard soldier - a member of the United States Marine Corps
    • marine engineer, naval engineer - a naval officer responsible for the operation and maintenance of the ship's engines
    • marshal, marshall - (in some countries) a military officer of highest rank
    • midshipman - a temporary rank held by young naval officers in training
    • military adviser, military advisor - a military officer who serves as an adviser to the troops of an allied nation
    • holy joe, military chaplain, padre, sky pilot - a chaplain in one of the military services
    • military leader - a leader of military forces
    • military officer, officer - any person in the armed services who holds a position of authority or command
    • military policeman, mp - a member of the military police who polices soldiers and guards prisoners
    • naval attache - a military attache who is a commissioned or warrant officer in a navy
    • naval commander - naval officer in command of a fleet of warships
    • naval officer - an officer in the navy
    • navy seal, seal - a member of a Naval Special Warfare unit who is trained for unconventional warfare
    • enlisted officer, noncom, noncommissioned officer - a military officer appointed from enlisted personnel
    • occupier - a member of a military force who is residing in a conquered foreign country
    • peacekeeper - a member of a military force that is assigned (often with international sanction) to preserve peace in a trouble area
    • provost marshal - the supervisor of the military police
    • reservist - a member of a military reserve
    • sapper - a military engineer who does sapping (digging trenches or undermining fortifications)
    • section eight - a soldier who received a Section Eight discharge as unfit for military service
    • man, military man, military personnel, serviceman - someone who serves in the armed forces; a member of a military force
    • shirker, slacker - a person who shirks his work or duty (especially one who tries to evade military service in wartime)
    • sprog - a new military recruit
    • spy, undercover agent - (military) a secret agent hired by a state to obtain information about its enemies or by a business to obtain industrial secrets from competitors
    • staff officer - a commissioned officer assigned to a military commander's staff
    • striker - someone receiving intensive training for a naval technical rating
    • subaltern - a British commissioned army officer below the rank of captain
    • territorial - nonprofessional soldier member of a territorial military unit
    • military volunteer, voluntary, volunteer - (military) a person who freely enlists for service
    • warrant officer - holds rank by virtue of a warrant
    • weekend warrior - a reservist who fulfills the military obligation on weekends
    • foreign aid - aid (such as economic or military assistance) provided to one nation by another
    • government issue, issue, military issue - supplies (as food or clothing or ammunition) issued by the government
    • preparation, preparedness, readiness - the state of having been made ready or prepared for use or action (especially military action)
    • military rank, military rating, paygrade, rating - rank in a military organization
    • flag rank - the rank of a flag officer
    • spit and polish - careful attention to order and appearance (as in the military)
    • pass - (military) a written leave of absence
    • compassionate leave - (military) leave granted in an emergency such as family sickness or death
    • field day - (military) a day for military exercises and display
    • mess - eat in a mess hall
    • break - make a rupture in the ranks of the enemy or one's own by quitting or fleeing
    • detach - separate (a small unit) from a larger, especially for a special assignment
    • billet, canton, quarter - provide housing for (military personnel)
    • activated - (military) set up and placed on active assignment
    • armed - (used of persons or the military) characterized by having or bearing arms
    • unarmed - (used of persons or the military) not having or using arms
    • armored, armoured - protected by armor (used of persons or things military)
    • unarmored, unarmoured - (used of persons or things military) without protective armor
    • accoutered, accoutred - provided with necessary articles of equipment for a specialized purpose (especially military)
    • expeditionary - (used of military forces) designed for military operations abroad
    • operational - (military) of or intended for or involved in military operations
    • active, combat-ready, fighting - engaged in or ready for military or naval operations
    • effective - ready for service
    • inactive, nonoperational - (military) not involved in military operations
    • regular - (used of the military) belonging to or engaged in by legitimate army forces
    is a type of: force, personnel - group of people willing to obey orders
    subtypes: military reserve, reserve - armed forces that are not on active duty but can be called in an emergency
    member holonym:
    • cadre - a nucleus of military personnel capable of expansion
    • medic, medical officer - a medical practitioner in the armed forces
    same as: armed services, military, military machine, war machine

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