demobilization
Postwar troop reduction
Demobilization is the process of standing down military forces after a war or conflict ends—discharging soldiers, decommissioning equipment, and transitioning from wartime to peacetime footing.
The term extends to any organized wind-down: demobilization of the campaign staff after the election.
The verb is demobilize.
Rebuilding after destruction
- stabilizationProcess of becoming steady
- recoveryRegaining what was lost
- reconciliationRestoration of friendly relations
- nation-buildingConstructing governmental institutions
ceasefire · rehabilitation · peacebuilding · DDR · repatriation · refugees · returnees · governance
Release of substance outward
- disbandmentFormal termination of group
- deactivationRendering inoperative
- decommissioningWithdrawing from active service
- dissolutionBreaking up completely
dispersal · stand-down · separation · release · demilitarization · disarmament · drawdown · phaseout
Agreement to cease hostilities
- ceasefireAgreed halt to fighting
- truceAgreed halt to hostilities
- accordHarmony between parties
- settlementResolved dispute or colony
negotiations · diplomacy · disarmament · pacification · detente · nonaggression · peacekeeping · mediation
Former armed forces members
- resettlementReestablishing in new place
- employmentPaid occupation status
- counselingProfessional guidance for problems
- rehabilitationRecovery from injury/addiction
workforce · adaptation · therapy · guidance · education · livelihood · pension · benefits
Reducing workforce or scale
- cutbackPlanned reduction in spending
- contractionReduction in size
- drawdownReduction over time
- retrenchmentReduction of expenditures
reconstruction
Rebuilding after destruction
- stabilizationProcess of becoming steady
- recoveryRegaining what was lost
- reconciliationRestoration of friendly relations
nation-building · ceasefire · rehabilitation · peacebuilding · DDR · repatriation · refugees · returnees · governance · infrastructure
discharge
Release of substance outward
- disbandmentFormal termination of group
- deactivationRendering inoperative
- decommissioningWithdrawing from active service
dissolution · dispersal · stand-down · separation · release · demilitarization · disarmament · drawdown · phaseout · termination
armistice
Agreement to cease hostilities
settlement · negotiations · diplomacy · disarmament · pacification · detente · nonaggression · peacekeeping · mediation · conflict-resolution
veterans
Former armed forces members
- resettlementReestablishing in new place
- employmentPaid occupation status
- counselingProfessional guidance for problems
rehabilitation · workforce · adaptation · therapy · guidance · education · livelihood · pension · benefits
downsizing
Reducing workforce or scale
- cutbackPlanned reduction in spending
- contractionReduction in size
- drawdownReduction over time
- wartimerationing, war economy, war bonds, war effort, evacuations
- ColombiaBogota, Medellin, Cali, Colombian flag, Colombian coffee
- demobilizationdisband, disbanding, disbandment, mustering out, discharge papers
- military policydefense strategy, defense budget, military spending, troop deployment, national security
- military transfersdeployment, redeployment, reassignment, rotation, posting
- postwarrebuilding, peace treaties, treaty signing, war reparations, war crimes trials
demobilizationmobilization
Organizing for action
mobilisation · call-up · activation · remobilization · deployment
demobilizationmilitarization
Adapting for warfare purposes
militarisation · armament · rearmament · war mobilization · arming