Military

A military or miltary force (noun, from Latin ''militarius'', ''miles'' "soldier") is a collective of men, machines and equipment that form an army. While it can refer to any armed force, it generally refers to a permanent, professional force of soldiers or guerrilla—trained exclusively for the purpose of warfare. The doctrine that asserts the primacy of a military within a society is called militarism. While "military" concerns all related armed forces, is has often been distinct from a militia or a levy, which are temporary forces—citizen soldiers with less training, who may be 'called up' from the population when a nation mobilizes for total war, or to defend against invasion. As an adjective, "military" is a descriptive property of things related to a military—soldier and warfare. In formal British English, "military" as an adjective refers more particularly to matters relating to an army, as opposed to the naval and air force matters of the other two services: an example of this usage is here: [http://www.opsi.gov.uk/si/si2003/20030636.htm]. Military "strength" is a term that describes a quantification or reference to a nation's standing military forces or the capacity for fulfillment of that military's role. For example, the military strength of a given country could be interpreted as the number of individuals in its armed forces, the destructive potential of its arsenal, or both. == Early militaries == * Military of Ancient Egypt * Babylonian * Military of Greece * Military of Macedonia * Roman Empire * Military of China * Ottoman Empire * Gandhara * Qin (state) == United States military services == Main article: Military of the United States. *United States Army *United States Air Force *United States Marine Corps *United States Navy *United States Coast Guard ==Military of the United Kingdom== * Royal Navy * British Army * Royal Air Force * Royal Marines * Special Air Service * Special Boat Service == See also == * Armed force * Martial art * Militaria * Military history * Military rule * Special Air Service * Swiss Army * :Category:Militaries Military War National security simple:Military

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The section '''Early Militaries'' should have a defined start date. Perhaps 600 C.E.? That's generally the year given to the foundation of the first civilizations - Rome, Han China, and the Gupta Empire in India. User:Freestylefrappe 00:07, May 4, 2005 (UTC)

Military

This is not the top level category on war and military matters. It is a subcategory of :Category:War. See also :Category:Warfare. War National security Organizations zh-min-nan::Category:Kun-sū

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---- I've reorganised things slightly in the categories because military as a category is wider than militaries. I envisage militaries being used to categorise the actual organisations, like the Luftwaffe, Royal Navy and United States Navy. Military should be used for wider things like military bases and doctrine. User:David Newton 12:39, 18 Jun 2004 (UTC) == How is "Military Terms" a subcategory of "Military"? == I'm not sure of the distinction between the categories "military" and "military terms". It seems like any word or phrase under "military" would count as a "military term". Could someone supply a definition for both categories? User:A D Monroe III 13:35, 10 Jan 2005 (UTC) If no one tells me why I shouldn't, I'm going to merge these two categories. -- User:A D Monroe III 18:39, 15 Feb 2005 (UTC) ==Category cleaning== This category has lots of articles that need to moved to or organized into subcategories. -- User:Beland 02:07, 21 May 2005 (UTC)

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