A military or miltary force (n., from Latin militarius, miles "soldier") is a collective of people, 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 guerrillas —trained exclusively for the purpose of warfare. The doctrine that asserts the primacy of a military within a society is called militarism. A noun, or noun substantive, is a word or phrase that refers to a person, place, thing, event, substance or quality. ... A nations army is its military, or more specifically, all of its land forces. ... Armed forces are the military forces of a state. ... A Norwegian soldier (a Corporal, armed with an MP-5) A soldier is a person who has enlisted with, or has been conscripted into, the armed forces of a sovereign country and has undergone training and received equipment to defend that country or its interests. ... Guerrilla (also called a partisan) is a term borrowed from Spanish (from guerra meaning war) used to describe small combat groups. ... For other uses of War, see War (disambiguation). ... Wiktionary has a definition of: Primacy Primacy is the state or condition of being prime or first, as in time, place, rank, etc. ... Militarism is an ideology which claims that military strength is the source of all security, and that the military represents the forward direction of the society as a whole, as it expands into the world, asserting its influence. ...

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 — soldiers and warfare. A militia is a group of citizens organized to provide paramilitary service. ... This is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which lists other pages that might otherwise share the same title. ... Total war describes an international war in which countries or nations use all of their resources to destroy another organized countrys or nations ability to engage in war. ... Invasion is a military action consisting of troops entering a foreign land (a nation or territory, or part of that), often resulting in the invading power occupying the area, whether briefly or for a long period. ... An adjective is a part of speech which modifies a noun, usually making its meaning more specific. ... A Norwegian soldier (a Corporal, armed with an MP-5) A soldier is a person who has enlisted with, or has been conscripted into, the armed forces of a sovereign country and has undergone training and received equipment to defend that country or its interests. ... For other uses of War, see War (disambiguation). ...

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. Strength can mean: Physical strength of organisms means (especially the muscles of most metazoa) of locomotion and movement Strength of materials in physics, engineering and materials science Strength is a rap compilation presented by Asiatic Warriors The word strengths is one of the longest English words with one syllable. ... In language and logic, quantification is a construct that specifies the extent of validity of a predicate, that is the extent to which a predicate holds over a range of things. ... The armed forces of a state are its military organization. ...

Early militaries

• Egypt
• Babylonian
• Greek
• Macedonia
• Roman
• Israeli
• Chinese
• Ottoman
• Gandhara

The Egyptian military, among the largest in the region, includes an Army, Navy, Air Force and Air Defense Command. ... Babylon (disambiguation). ... The Military of Greece is composed from the Hellenic Army, the Hellenic Navy and the Hellenic Air Force. ... Macedonian Armed Forces (Macedonian Армијата на Република Македонија) were formed in 1992 after withdrawal of Yugoslav Peoples Army which left behind only small number of infantry weapons and four broken World War 2 T-34 tanks to equip new army. ... The Roman Empire is not the Holy Roman Empire (843-1806). ... The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) (Hebrew: צבא ההגנה לישראל Tsva Ha-Haganah Le-Yisrael ([Army] Force [for] the Defense of Israel), often abbreviated צהל Tsahal, alternative English spelling Tzahal, is the name of Israels armed forces (army, air force and navy). ... Alternate meaning: Shining Path The Peoples Liberation Army (PLA) (Traditional Chinese: 人民解放軍, Simplified Chinese: 人民解放军, pinyin: Rénmín Jiěfàng Jūn), which includes an army, navy, air force, and strategic nuclear forces, serves as the military of the Peoples Republic of China (PRC). ... The Ottoman Empire at the height of its power Imperial motto El Muzaffer Daima The Ever Victorious (as written in tugra) Official language Ottoman Turkish Capital İstanbul ( Constantinople/Asitane/Konstantiniyye ) Sovereigns Sultans of the Osmanli Dynasty Population ca 40 million Area 12+ million km² Establishment 1299 Dissolution October 29, 1923... Buddhas First Sermon at Sarnath, Kushan Period, ca. ...

United States military services

Main article: Military of the United States. The armed forces of the United States of America consist of the United States Army United States Marine Corps United States Navy United States Air Force United States Coast Guard [1] The combined United States armed forces consists of 1. ...

• Army
• Air Force
• Navy
• Marine corps
• Coast Guard

Military of the United Kingdom

• British Army
• Royal Air Force
• Royal Navy
• Royal Marines (Commandos)
• Coastal Ordinance Guard
• Royal Engineers
• Special Air Service
• Special Boat Service

See also

• Armed force
• Martial art
• Militaria
• Military history
• Military rule
• Special Air Service
• Military by country