garrisons
Troops at forts
Garrisons are military troops stationed at a particular location, or the fortified places where they're stationed.
The word works both ways: soldiers garrison a fort, and a fort is garrisoned by soldiers.
The garrison held out for three months.
They garrisoned the border towns against invasion.
By extension, any group posted somewhere to maintain control: a garrison of security guards.
Fortified urban stronghold
- strongholdFortified place of defense
- bastionFortified defensive position
- fortressHeavily defended military structure
- keepRetain or fortified tower
castle · palisade · rampart · bulwark · redoubt · stockade · outpost · blockhouse
Military personnel who fight
- infantryGround combat troops
- regimentColonel-led military unit
- battalionMid-sized military unit
- companyCommercial enterprise or guests
platoon · squad · sentries · guards · defenders · militia · reserves · detachment
Soldiers' residential building
- bunkhouseCommunal sleeping building
- billetsAssigned housing for soldiers
- mess hallMilitary dining facility
- armoryMilitary weapons storehouse
parade ground · drill hall · canteen · officers' quarters · guardroom · munitions depot · supply depot · commissary
Guarding against harm
- securityProtection from threat
- safeguardPrecaution against harm
- occupationOne's regular paid work
- patrolRegular surveillance route
surveillance · sentry duty · guard duty · perimeter · checkpoint · watch · resistance · deterrence
citadel
Fortified urban stronghold
- strongholdFortified place of defense
- bastionFortified defensive position
- fortressHeavily defended military structure
keep · castle · palisade · rampart · bulwark · redoubt · stockade · outpost · blockhouse · watchtower
soldiers
Military personnel who fight
company · platoon · squad · sentries · guards · defenders · militia · reserves · detachment · contingent
barracks
Soldiers' residential building
- bunkhouseCommunal sleeping building
- billetsAssigned housing for soldiers
- mess hallMilitary dining facility
armory · parade ground · drill hall · canteen · officers' quarters · guardroom · munitions depot · supply depot · commissary · infirmary
protection
Guarding against harm
- securityProtection from threat
- safeguardPrecaution against harm
- occupationOne's regular paid work
patrol · surveillance · sentry duty · guard duty · perimeter · checkpoint · watch · resistance · deterrence · territorial control
station
Fixed stopping point
man · defend · reinforce · secure · hold · establish · maintain · rotate · supply · provision
- military historybattles, soldiers, campaigns, officers, battlefields
- medieval warfareknights, siege warfare, castle, castle siege, siege
- East Asian Warfarebattles, warriors, soldiers, generals, infantry formations
- military readinessreadiness, mobilization, deployment, drills, training
- Roman BritainHadrian's Wall, Londinium, Roman forts, Roman roads, Roman occupation
- outpostsoutposts, outpost, frontier post, forward base, forward bases
garrisonsexpeditionary forces
Troops sent abroad
raiding parties · strike forces · shock troops · cavalry · vanguards
garrisonsevacuations
Removals from dangerous areas
withdrawals · abandonments · demilitarization · demilitarized zones
- garrison townsTowns housing stationed troops
- military garrisonSoldiers occupying a post
- garrison dutyMilitary base assignment
- garrison capFoldable military headwear