US forces
Pentagon's deployed personnel
US forces refers to the military branches of the United States—Army, Navy, Air Force, Marines, Coast Guard, and Space Force—considered collectively.
The term appears frequently in news coverage of military operations and foreign policy: US forces conducted airstrikes overnight, US forces withdrew from the region.
It emphasizes national identity over specific branch.
- militaryArmed forces collectively
- armed servicesNation's organized combat forces
- troopsMilitary personnel collectively
- soldiersMilitary personnel who fight
- boots on the groundMilitary presence in area
Pentagon · chain of command · Army · special ops · deployment · active duty · tour of duty · combat · bases · veterans · infantry · operations · rules of engagement · stationed · military base · boots · uniforms · barracks
- War Figuressoldiers, generals, commanders, combatants, military commanders
- Korean PeninsulaKorean War, Pyongyang, South Korea, Korean Peninsula, armistice agreement
- Pacific WarPearl Harbor, Iwo Jima, Midway, Okinawa, Guadalcanal
- Postwar JapanGHQ, MacArthur, Douglas MacArthur, demilitarization, democratization
US forcesopposing forces
Combatants facing one another
enemy combatants · Viet Cong · Wehrmacht · insurgents · Confederate forces
US forcescivilian population
civilians · noncombatants · State Department · diplomatic corps · NGOs
forces, force, forced, forcing, forceful, forcefully, forcefulness, forcible, forcibly