defense department
Armed forces agency
A defense department is a government ministry responsible for military affairs and national security.
Most countries have one, though names vary: the United States has the Department of Defense, Britain has the Ministry of Defence.
The term often appears in news about military policy, budgets, and operations: The defense department announced troop deployments.
- troop deploymentStationing soldiers operationally
- boots on the groundMilitary presence in area
- military basesArmed forces installations
- espionageCovert intelligence gathering
- combat readinessPrepared for immediate action
military industrial complex · weapon systems · counterintelligence · military tribunals · surveillance systems · intelligence agencies · strategic planning · classified information · joint military exercises · war games · reconnaissance missions · black ops · military drills · peacekeeping missions · armored vehicles · naval fleets · threat assessment · tactical maneuvers
- government bodiesagency, bureau, legislature, ministry, judiciary
- military bureausPentagon, NSA, CIA, DOD, admiralty
- ministriesfinance ministry, health ministry, foreign ministry, education ministry, interior ministry
- governmentgovernment, ministries, legislature, judiciary, executive branch
- militarysoldiers, army, troops, officers, navy
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Federal diplomatic agency
diplomatic corps · State Department · Department of State · foreign ministry · foreign service
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