defense force
National security troops
A defense force is a country's military organization, especially one framed as defensive rather than aggressive in purpose.
The term often appears in official names: the Israel Defense Forces, the Australian Defence Force.
Some nations use it to signal that their military exists for protection rather than expansion, though the distinction can be more rhetorical than practical.
- patrollingMonitoring by traversing
- tanksStorage vessels for liquids
- armyOrganized land-based military
- boots on the groundMilitary presence in area
- active dutyCurrent military employment status
national guard · deterrence · national security · navy · disaster response · rules of engagement · peacekeeping · reserves · reconnaissance · forward base · fighter jets · coast guard · intelligence gathering · marines · drones · counterterrorism · border security · satellites
- armed forcesarmy, military, soldiers, troops, marines
- military forcesarmy, soldiers, troops, militias, reserve army
- EthiopiaEthiopia, Addis Ababa, Ethiopian coffee, regions, birr
- Rwanda Governmentministries, ministry, governors, mayors, provinces
- governmentgovernment, ministries, legislature, judiciary, executive branch
- armiesdivisions, battalions, corps, soldiers, platoons
defense forceinvasion force
Military unit entering hostile territory
strike force · expeditionary force · occupation force · raiding party · war of aggression
defense forceaggressors
Initiators of hostility
enemy combatants · invaders · attackers · occupiers · marauders
defense, force, defence, defend, defender, defenders, defensive, defensively, defensiveness