paramilitary organization

A paramilitary organization is a structured group that operates with military-style training, hierarchy, and tactics but is not formally part of a recognized state's official armed forces.

Aliases (50)

• terrorist organization ×11
• armed group ×10
• militia ×9
• non-state armed group ×7
• national police force ×6
• paramilitary group ×5
• secret police ×5
• guerrilla organization ×4
• paramilitary force ×4
• paramilitary police force ×4
• tactical unit ×4
• volunteer military force ×4
• Islamist militant group ×3
• Nazi paramilitary organization ×3
• central armed police force ×3
• insurgent group ×3
• irregular military unit ×3
• non-state armed actor ×3
• political militia ×3
• Central Armed Police Force ×2
• Irish republican organization ×2
• Zionist paramilitary organization ×2
• armed movement ×2
• armed wing of a political party ×2
• citizen-soldier force ×2
• fascist paramilitary organization ×2
• insurgent organization ×2
• irregular military force ×2
• loyalist paramilitary organization ×2
• militant organization ×2
• paramilitary unit ×2
• volunteer military formation ×2
• Cuban exile organization ×1
• Irish republican paramilitary group ×1
• Irish republican paramilitary organization ×1
• Italian Fascist paramilitary organization ×1
• Jewish paramilitary organization ×1
• Palestinian militant organization ×1
• United Nations–mandated force ×1
• White movement armed group ×1
• Zionist military organization ×1
• armed colonial group ×1
• armed underground formation ×1
• communist guerrilla army ×1
• designated terrorist organization ×1
• loyalist paramilitary coordinating body ×1
• loyalist paramilitary group ×1
• militant Islamist organization ×1
• militant youth group ×1
• militarized police force ×1

Instances (184)

• Democratic Army of Greece via concept surface "communist guerrilla army"
• Hitler Youth
• Israel Police via concept surface "national police force"
• SA
  surface form: "Sturmabteilung"
• White Army via concept surface "armed movement"
• NKVD via concept surface "secret police"
• Schutzstaffel (SS)
  surface form: "Schutzstaffel"
• SS
• FBI Hostage Rescue Team via concept surface "tactical unit"
• Brigade 2506 via concept surface "paramilitary group"
• Straits Settlements Volunteer Force via concept surface "volunteer military force"
• Sturmabteilung
• Operational Groups via concept surface "paramilitary unit"
• Provisional Irish Republican Army
• Official Irish Republican Army
• Red Hand Commando via concept surface "loyalist paramilitary group"
• Waffen-SS via concept surface "Nazi paramilitary organization"
• Irish National Liberation Army
• Ulster Volunteer Force via concept surface "loyalist paramilitary organization"
• Chinese Communist Party forces via concept surface "armed wing of a political party"
• Ulster Defence Association via concept surface "loyalist paramilitary organization"
• Emergency Service Unit via concept surface "tactical unit"
• Organisation Todt via concept surface "paramilitary engineering organisation"
• Carabineros de Chile via concept surface "national police force"
• Viet Cong via concept surface "insurgent organization"
• al-Qaeda in Iraq via concept surface "militant organization"
• United States Volunteers via concept surface "volunteer military force"
• Gestapo via concept surface "secret police"
• al-Qaeda via concept surface "militant Islamist organization"
• Taliban via concept surface "armed group"
• White League
• Amsterdam civic guard via concept surface "militia organization"
• Illinois militia via concept surface "state militia"
• Pemuda (Indonesian youth groups) via concept surface "militant youth group"
  surface form: "Pemuda"
• People's Security Agency
• Red Shirts
• Haganah via concept surface "Jewish paramilitary organization"
• Hamas via concept surface "Palestinian militant organization"
• FALINTIL via concept surface "guerrilla organization"
• Hezbollah via concept surface "militant organization"
• Hong Kong Volunteer Defence Corps via concept surface "militia"
• Afghan National Police via concept surface "national police force"
• Islamic State – Khorasan Province via concept surface "terrorist organization"
• Malayan Communist Party via concept surface "guerrilla organization"
• Rebel Army via concept surface "armed group"
• SS units
• Volksdeutscher Selbstschutz
• Central Reserve Police Force via concept surface "central armed police force"
• Central Industrial Security Force via concept surface "central armed police force"
• National Disaster Response Force via concept surface "specialized paramilitary force"
• Border Security Force via concept surface "paramilitary force"
• Indo-Tibetan Border Police via concept surface "Central Armed Police Force"
• Butler’s Rangers via concept surface "irregular military unit"
• Sashastra Seema Bal via concept surface "Central Armed Police Force"
• Islamic State of Iraq and Syria via concept surface "terrorist organization"
• Assam Rifles via concept surface "paramilitary force"
• People's Armed Police via concept surface "paramilitary force"
• Red Guards via concept surface "paramilitary social movement"
• Peasant Battalions (as allied formation) via concept surface "armed underground formation"
  surface form: "Peasant Battalions"
• Special Operations via concept surface "tactical unit"
  surface form: "Special Operations (Massachusetts State Police)"
• Central Security Forces via concept surface "paramilitary police force"
• Polizia di Stato via concept surface "national police force"
• Boer forces via concept surface "irregular military unit"
• United States militia forces via concept surface "citizen-soldier force"
• Don Cossack forces via concept surface "White movement armed group"
• Territorial Troops Militia
• Libyan National Army via concept surface "armed group"
• Petroleum Facilities Guard via concept surface "armed group"
• Misrata militias via concept surface "armed group"
• Zintan militias via concept surface "armed group"
• Soviet Internal Troops via concept surface "paramilitary force"
• Ustaše Militia
• Umkhonto we Sizwe
• Chetniks
• Treasury Police of El Salvador via concept surface "militarized police force"
• Hlinka Guard via concept surface "fascist paramilitary organization"
• Soviet partisans
• Squadristi via concept surface "Italian Fascist paramilitary organization"
• South Ossetian forces
• Abkhaz forces via concept surface "armed group"
• Freikorps soldiers via concept surface "paramilitary personnel"
• Ku Klux Klan via concept surface "terrorist organization"
• DSE via concept surface "armed wing of a political party"
  surface form: "Democratic Army of Greece"
• Greek gendarmerie via concept surface "paramilitary police force"
  surface form: "Greek Gendarmerie"
• Deutsches Jungvolk via concept surface "paramilitary youth organization"
• Green armies via concept surface "peasant militia"
• United Nations Command via concept surface "United Nations–mandated force"
• Greek People’s Liberation Army (ELAS) via concept surface "military wing of a political organization"
  surface form: "Greek People’s Liberation Army"
• Corpo Truppe Volontarie via concept surface "fascist paramilitary organization"
• Italian Blackshirt divisions
• Egyptian National Police via concept surface "national police force"
• Flechas Azules Division via concept surface "volunteer military formation"
• Italian Fasces of Combat
• Einsatzgruppen via concept surface "Nazi paramilitary organization"
• Lehi via concept surface "Zionist paramilitary organization"
• Irgun via concept surface "Zionist paramilitary organization"
• Provincial Rangers via concept surface "irregular military unit"
• Rogers' Rangers via concept surface "irregular military force"
• Loyalist militias via concept surface "paramilitary group"
• Securitate via concept surface "secret police"
• Maryland militia via concept surface "militia"
• anti-Treaty IRA
• Communist Party of Peru – Shining Path via concept surface "insurgent organization"
• Khmer Rouge via concept surface "armed group"
• SS-Verfügungstruppe
• Storm Detachment
• Storm Troopers
• Israel Border Police via concept surface "paramilitary police force"
• Kosovo Liberation Army
• Ansar Dine via concept surface "Islamist militant group"
• Al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb via concept surface "terrorist organization"
• GPU via concept surface "secret police"
• WOT via concept surface "territorial defence force"
• Red Guards of Finland via concept surface "militia"
• Protection Squadron
• Peruvian National Police via concept surface "national police force"
• New England colonial militias via concept surface "citizen-soldier force"
• Irish Republican Army (1919–1922) via concept surface "guerrilla organization"
• Black and Tans via concept surface "paramilitary police force"
• HRT via concept surface "tactical unit"
• CIA Special Activities Division via concept surface "paramilitary unit"
• People's Militia via concept surface "secret police"
• Stoßtrupp-Hitler
• Afghan mujahideen via concept surface "insurgent group"
• Mahaz-e Milli via concept surface "armed group"
• Soviet Border Troops
• Singapore Volunteer Corps via concept surface "volunteer military force"
• Penang and Province Wellesley Volunteer Corps via concept surface "militia"
• Malacca Volunteer Corps via concept surface "militia"
• Labuan Volunteer Defence Corps via concept surface "volunteer military force"
• Hizb-i Islami Khalis via concept surface "armed group"
• Official republican movement via concept surface "paramilitary organisation"
• pre-1969 Irish Republican Army via concept surface "Irish republican paramilitary organization"
• Combined Loyalist Military Command via concept surface "loyalist paramilitary coordinating body"
• Home Guard (United Kingdom) via concept surface "militia"