coalition forces
Multinational military partnership
Coalition forces are military units from multiple nations operating together under a unified command, typically in wartime or peacekeeping operations.
The term gained prominence during the Gulf War and subsequent conflicts: Coalition forces launched airstrikes at dawn.
The phrase often implies U.S.-led alliances without formal NATO involvement.
- armed conflictMilitary combat between groups
- combat zoneActive military conflict area
- Operation Desert Storm1991 allied Iraq offensive
- shock and aweSwift dominance through firepower
- task forceTemporary goal-oriented team
chain of command · battalion · brigade · peacekeeping · Gulf War · airstrikes · NATO · Afghanistan · boots on the ground · counterterrorism · infantry division · post-war reconstruction · joint operations · Iraq War · mission accomplished · rules of engagement · rules of war · friendly fire
- Military Affairsmilitary, defense secretary, War Department, defense strategy, military policy
- armed forcesarmy, military, soldiers, troops, marines
- collaborationscollaborators, joint task force, joint project, duo, co-authorship
- military forcesarmy, soldiers, troops, militias, reserve army
- IraqBaghdad, Basra, Mosul, Fallujah, Kurdistan
- naval warfarenaval battles, naval battle, battleship, destroyer, sea battles
coalition forcesinsurgents
Those fighting established authority
guerrilla fighters · rebel forces · irregular forces · insurgent forces · paramilitary groups