military organization

A military organization is a structured group of armed forces personnel and resources, organized under a defined hierarchy and command system, to plan, coordinate, and conduct defense and combat operations in support of a state’s strategic objectives.

Aliases (50)

• military formation ×94
• field army ×68
• air force ×66
• armed forces ×64
• infantry division ×51
• British Army formation ×38
• military command ×26
• World War II military unit ×21
• British Army unit ×20
• military reserve force ×19
• special forces unit ×18
• naval force ×16
• British Army regiment ×15
• Red Army formation ×15
• corps of the British Army ×15
• Nazi organization ×14
• cavalry regiment ×14
• U.S. Army division ×11
• U.S. Army unit ×11
• military staff ×11
• Soviet military unit ×10
• military aviation branch ×10
• military high command ×10
• Military organization ×9
• United States Army organization ×9
• United States Marine Corps division ×9
• branch of the armed forces ×9
• corps ×9
• military force ×9
• military unit type ×9
• Army service component command ×8
• Soviet military formation ×8
• army corps ×8
• military corps ×8
• military intelligence organization ×8
• ceremonial military unit ×7
• military personnel ×7
• regiment ×7
• Polish military unit ×6
• Royal Navy formation ×6
• U.S. Marine Corps unit ×6
• United States Army unit ×6
• United States Marine Corps organization ×6
• armed force ×6
• joint military command ×6
• military staff organization ×6
• naval command ×6
• special operations command ×6
• special operations force ×6
• unified combatant command ×6

Instances (showing first 500 of 1,349)

• Headquarters British Army Oman (elements) ("British Army formation")
• Soviet Southwestern Front ("Red Army operational formation")
• Italian 1st Army ("field army")
• United States Navy Reserve ("reserve military force")
• States Army of the Dutch Republic
• AAE ("air force")
• space operations command ("military space command")
• People's Liberation Army
• French Armed Forces ("armed forces")
• Hitler Youth ("Nazi organization")
• 1st Polish Army ("field army")
• Manhattan Engineer District of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers ("United States Army organization")
• British XXX Corps ("army corps")
• NOAA Commissioned Officer Corps ("United States uniformed service")
• Soviet Air Forces ("air force")
• Armed Forces of the Empire of Japan ("military of a sovereign state")
• Rangers ("United States Army special operations force")
• Royal Corps of Signals ("corps of the British Army")
• Adjutant General's Corps ("British Army corps")
• Marine Corps Systems Command ("United States Marine Corps organization")
• United States Indo-Pacific Command ("Military organization")
• Dutch navy of the Republic
• 2nd Polish Army ("field army")
• Royal Canadian Navy ("naval force")
• RAF Regiment ("military corps")
• 21st Army Group ("Allied army group")
• Royal New Zealand Air Force ("air force")
• International Brigades ("military formation")
• JG 26 ("Luftwaffe fighter wing")
• German Labour Front ("Nazi organization")
• United States European Command ("Military organization")
• Army National Guard ("reserve military force")
• Imperial Japanese Navy ("naval force")
• 1st Marine Division (United States) ("infantry division")
• Tokugawa shogunate navy
• Soviet armed forces
• Air Force Materiel Command ("Military organization")
• Greek National Army
• Royal Auxiliary Air Force ("military reserve force")
• Athenian army
• Army Reserve ("military reserve force")
• Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force ("naval force")
• Special Forces Branch ("special operations force")
• Oberkommando der Wehrmacht ("military high command")
• Soviet 60th Army ("field army")
• Armed Forces Movement
• Unified Combatant Commands ("joint military command structure")
• Italian Armed Forces
• Army Reserve ("military reserve force")
• 11th Marine Regiment ("artillery regiment")
• U.S. Africa Command ("Military organization")
• Bengal Army ("military formation")
• Portuguese Armed Forces
• British Indian Army
• Flying Tigers ("World War II military unit")
• FFL
• French First Army ("field army")
• RKKA
• Royal Hungarian Air Force ("air force")
• Territorial Defence Force ("military formation")
• SS Security Service (SD) ("Nazi organization")
• Schutzstaffel (SS) ("Nazi organization")
• 1st Belorussian Front ("Red Army formation")
• Marine Corps Intelligence Activity ("military intelligence organization")
• White Army of Finland
• U.S. Central Command ("unified combatant command")
• Aeronautica Militare ("air force")
• Reichswehr
• Royal Air Force Fighter Command ("military command")
• British 50th (Northumbrian) Infantry Division ("infantry division")
• Joint Staff ("military staff organization")
• 1st Ukrainian Front ("Red Army formation")
• United States Coast Guard Reserve ("military reserve force")
• Polish Armed Forces in the East ("military formation")
• Wehrmacht ("unified armed forces")
• SS ("Nazi organization")
• Japanese China Garrison Army ("field army")
• Air National Guard ("military aviation organization")
• NATO Military Committee ("military committee")
• Bundeswehr ("armed forces")
• Royal Romanian Air Force ("air force")
• British 8th Armoured Brigade ("British Army formation")
• Chindits ("special forces unit")
• Swiss Air Force ("air force")
• No. 47 (Royal Marine) Commando ("special forces unit")
• Reserve Force ("military reserve force")
• Musketeers of the Guard ("cavalry regiment")
• 2nd Belorussian Front ("Red Army formation")
• U.S. Northern Command ("Military organization")
• U.S. Southern Command ("unified combatant command")
• Spanish Air Force ("air force")
• Allied Expeditionary Force in North Africa ("military formation")
• Straits Settlements Volunteer Force ("British colonial military formation")
• Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve ("military reserve force")
• U.S. Special Operations Command ("unified combatant command")
• Armed Forces of the Republic of Poland
• Czechoslovak military mission in London ("Czechoslovak military representation abroad")
• Allied Command Operations ("NATO strategic command")
• Research and Analysis Branch ("military intelligence organization")
• Operational Groups ("World War II military unit")
• German General Staff ("military staff organization")
• Chinese 87th Division ("infantry division")
• Fleet Air Arm
• Army Research Office ("United States Army organization")
• U.S. Strategic Command ("unified combatant command")
• United States National Guard ("reserve military force")
• 3rd Marine Division ("infantry division")
• Air Force Space Command ("former military organization")
• Chinese 88th Division ("infantry division")
• Japanese Special Naval Landing Forces ("Imperial Japanese Navy unit")
• Special Operations Branch ("military special operations unit")
• Imperial Japanese Army General Staff ("military staff")
• U.S. Transportation Command ("Military organization")
• Commander-in-Chief Luftflotte 2 ("military command")
• 4th Marine Division ("United States Marine Corps division")
• UK Cadet Forces ("cadet organization system")
• ACF ("cadet force")
• Royal Tank Regiment ("British Army regiment")
• Light Dragoons ("cavalry regiment")
• Joint Forces Command (United Kingdom) ("military command")
• Guards Division (informal for Foot Guards element) ("infantry formation")
• Illinois National Guard ("National Guard")
• Philippine Commonwealth Army
• Morale Operations Branch ("World War II military unit")
• Home Command ("military formation")
• Army Personnel Centre ("British Army organization")
• Army Recruiting and Initial Training Command ("British Army formation")
• Permanent Joint Headquarters ("joint military command")
• Life Guards ("cavalry regiment")
• Service Aéronautique ("military aviation branch")
• Waffen-SS
• 5th Marine Division ("infantry division")
• Air Force Reserve
• Allied Command Transformation ("NATO strategic command")
• Royal Lancers ("cavalry regiment")
• Japan Air Self-Defense Force ("air force")
• Special Forces of Poland ("special forces branch")
• Space Training and Readiness Command
• Japanese 3rd Division ("infantry division")
• Army Headquarters, United Kingdom ("army command")
• Jordanian Armed Forces
• King’s Royal Hussars ("cavalry regiment")
• United States Space Force ("space force")
• Russian Navy ("branch of the armed forces")
• Blue Helmets ("military personnel")
• Japanese 11th Division ("infantry division")
• Army Staff ("military staff")
• United States Army operational commands ("military organization category")
• Chinese Communist Party forces ("military forces")
• Royal Dragoon Guards ("cavalry regiment")
• Army Headquarters Secretariat ("British Army organization")
• Minutemen ("colonial militia")
• Minuteman companies ("colonial militia units")
• Polish Legions ("military formation")
• United States Army Forces in the Far East ("military command")
• Canadian Army Medical Corps ("military medical corps")
• Hessian auxiliaries ("auxiliary troops")
• Royal Navy ("maritime warfare force")
• Royal Netherlands Air Force ("air force")
• Queen’s Royal Hussars ("cavalry regiment")
• Continental Navy
• 1st Baltic Front ("Red Army formation")
• United States Cyber Command ("unified combatant command")
• Commander-in-Chief, North America ("military command")
• Army Corps ("military formation")
• Int Corps ("British Army corps")
• Grenadier Guards ("British Army unit")
• Central China Front ("military formation")
• Field Army ("formation of the British Army")
• Coldstream Guards ("British Army regiment")
• 3rd Belorussian Front ("Red Army formation")
• Scots Guards ("British Army regiment")
• Air Command ("operational command")
• French Air Force ("air force")
• U.S. Army Engineer Research and Development Center ("United States Army organization")
• Romanian Land Forces
• Italian XX Motorised Corps ("army corps")
• English Army ("historical army")
• Don Front ("Soviet military formation")
• Indian National Army
• Romanian General Staff ("military staff")
• Arkansas National Guard ("National Guard")
• Queen's Guard ("ceremonial military unit")
• Korean People's Army
• Royal Naval Air Service ("military aviation branch")
• RAF Aerobatic Team Red Arrows ("Royal Air Force unit")
• Jagdgeschwader 26 ("Luftwaffe fighter wing")
• Regia Aeronautica ("air force")
• Royal Canadian Air Force ("air force")
• Stuffy ("air force")
• Norwegian Armed Forces
• Army of Northern Virginia ("field army")
• Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve
• USASMDC
• Future Warfare Center ("U.S. Army organization")
• British Eighth Army ("field army")
• Armed Forces of Ecuador
• Army SMDC ("Army service component command")
• Indian Armed Forces
• Board of Ordnance ("military administrative body")
• Indian Army
• Iraqi Interim Government forces
• Free French Forces
• Red Army
• 8th Army ("field army")
• United States Volunteers ("military formation")
• 49th Missile Defense Battalion ("battalion")
• 15th Army Group ("Allied army group")
• Indian Air Force ("air force")
• Polish II Corps ("army corps")
• Japan Self-Defense Forces
• Office of the Secretary of the Army ("United States Army organization")
• Delta Force ("United States Army unit")
• Military Committee ("military committee")
• Army of Muhammad Ali
• Unit 777 ("special forces unit")
• Navy SEALs ("special operations force")
• Bahrain Defence Force
• Unit 999 ("special forces unit")
• Qatar Emiri Naval Forces ("naval force")
• MCRC ("military recruiting command")
• U.S. Army Combined Arms Center ("United States Army organization")
• Chilean Air Force ("air force")
• U.S. Army Center for Initial Military Training ("United States Army organization")
• Illinois militia
• Sa'ka Forces ("special forces unit")
• Chilean Navy ("branch of the armed forces")
• Commander-in-Chief Allied Armies in Italy ("military command")
• PLAF ("air force")
• People's Security Agency ("Indonesian military precursor")
• People's Security Army
• U.S. Army Maneuver Center of Excellence
• RAF Coastal Command ("military formation")
• Royal Netherlands East Indies Army
• Aviation Branch ("military aviation branch")
• Night Stalkers ("special operations aviation unit")
• 160th SOAR ("U.S. Army unit")
• Indonesian Republican armed forces
• United States Armed Forces
• U.S. Army Sustainment Center of Excellence ("U.S. Army organization")
• 8th Guards Army ("field army")
• 9th Division (Finland) ("infantry division")
• Egyptian Air Force ("air force")
• Suez Canal security forces ("military formation")
• U.S. Army Special Operations Aviation Command ("military formation")
• General Officer Commanding 1st Airborne Division ("army command")
• U.S. Army Mission Command Center of Excellence ("U.S. Army organization")
• 163rd Rifle Division ("infantry division")
• Bulgarian Air Force ("air force")
• Romanian 3rd Army ("field army")
• Eighth Army (United Kingdom) ("field army")
• Joint Special Operations Command
• Panzer Army Africa ("field army")
• 44th Rifle Division ("infantry division")
• Republic of China Armed Forces
• 1st Infantry Division ("infantry division")
• 51st (Highland) Division ("infantry division")
• Polish Armed Forces in the West ("military formation")
• Army University ("U.S. Army organization")
• Egyptian Border Guard Forces ("military formation")
• Saudi Armed Forces
• Imperial German Army Air Service ("military air service")
• United Arab Emirates Armed Forces
• XVIII Airborne Corps ("military formation")
• UN peacekeepers ("multinational military force")
• Army Secretariat ("component of the United States Department of the Army")
• Regimental Special Troops Battalion ("battalion")
• Naval Sea Systems Command
• U.S. Army Recruiting Command ("military recruiting command")
• U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
• Naval Air Systems Command
• Imperial Japanese Army 23rd Army ("field army")
• Polish Independent Highland Brigade ("Polish military unit")
• U.S. Seventh Army ("field army")
• Mediterranean Allied Air Forces ("military formation")
• 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne Division ("U.S. Army unit")
• British Commonwealth forces ("multinational military force")
• United States Coast Artillery Corps ("former military organization")
• United States Ordnance Department
• Surface Forces, U.S. Pacific Fleet ("military formation")
• Philippine Navy ("naval force")
• New Zealand forces ("military forces")
• French Moroccan Goumiers ("auxiliary troops")
• Army Cadet Force ("cadet force")
• Royal Armoured Corps ("corps of the British Army")
• Household Division ("military formation")
• New Model Army
• Foot Guards ("infantry formation")
• Soviet Central Front ("Red Army formation")
• Afghan National Army
• Soviet Voronezh Front ("Red Army formation")
• TIOH ("United States Army organization")
• Russian Black Sea Fleet ("formation of the Russian Navy")
• Submarine Force, U.S. Pacific Fleet ("United States Navy formation")
• U.S. Army Pacific ("Army service component command")
• United States Army
• Navy Command ("military command")
• Swiss Navy ("naval force")
• Reginald Warneford ("military personnel")
• Grand Fleet ("Royal Navy formation")
• Atlantic Fleet ("military formation")
• Office of Marine and Aviation Operations ("fleet and aviation branch")
• British Expeditionary Force ("field army")
• CAF
• Channel Fleet ("Royal Navy formation")
• RA ("regiment")
• British Gurkha recruiting centers in Nepal ("military recruiting organization")
• Canadian Special Operations Forces Command ("military formation")
• Kuwait Army
• Blues and Royals ("cavalry regiment")
• 2nd Marine Division ("infantry division")
• United States Army Air Corps ("military aviation branch")
• U.S. Army Americal Division ("infantry division")
• Women's Royal Army Corps ("women's military corps")
• Batista government forces
• Spanish Armed Forces
• Ejército de Tierra
• Artillery Command ("military formation")
• Army Aviation Forces ("military aviation branch")
• Brigadas Orgánicas Polivalentes ("military unit type")
• Medical Component of the Belgian Armed Forces ("branch of the Belgian Armed Forces")
• The Household Cavalry ("British Army unit")
• NATO International Military Staff ("military staff body")
• U.S. Forces Japan ("military command")
• Armed Forces of Chile
• NATO military commands ("military command structure")
• Manchester Regiment ("British Army regiment")
• United States Army Cyber Command ("army command")
• United States Army Space and Missile Defense Command ("Army service component command")
• Qatar Emiri Air Force ("air force")
• Fighter Wing 52 ("Luftwaffe fighter wing")
• JG 52 ("Luftwaffe fighter wing")
• Imperial Japanese Navy Air Service ("military aviation branch")
• OKW ("military high command")
• Australian Defence Force ("national armed forces")
• OKH ("military high command")
• Volksdeutscher Selbstschutz ("Nazi organization")
• Kuwait Air Force ("air force")
• Confederate States Army
• center for cyber operations
• Soviet Steppe Front ("Red Army formation")
• First Fleet ("Imperial Japanese Navy unit")
• Swiss Army ("national armed forces")
• Greek Army
• Portuguese Army
• Qatar Armed Forces
• Hungarian Defence Forces
• EU Battlegroups ("military formation")
• Beiyang Army factions ("military faction")
• NRA
• Military Affairs Commission of the National Government of China ("military commission")
• Loyalist provincial corps ("military unit type")
• Blue Diamond ("infantry division")
• Fourth Fleet ("operational formation")
• Hessian forces ("auxiliary troops")
• Army Special Forces Command ("military formation")
• British Army Air Corps (for some rotary-wing support in Iraq)
• Marine Corps Recruiting Command ("military recruiting organization")
• Thirteenth Air Fleet ("military formation")
• National Revolutionary Army 8th Route Army ("field army")
• Army Reserve ("military reserve force")
• Allied Combined Operations Headquarters ("Allied military organization")
• CCS ("military command organization")
• Australian Flying Corps ("military aviation branch")
• Sixth Fleet ("operational formation")
• Finnish Defence Forces Logistics Command ("military logistics organization")
• Austrian Army
• Manchester and Salford Yeomanry ("volunteer cavalry regiment")
• Southern Front ("Red Army formation")
• Allied Land Forces ("military formation")
• Imperial General Headquarters ("military high command")
• 5th War Zone of the National Revolutionary Army ("military command")
• Japanese 10th Division ("infantry division")
• 1st Parachute Brigade ("British Army formation")
• I Airborne Corps ("British Army formation")
• All American Division ("U.S. Army division")
• Northwestern Army ("White movement military force")