military community
Base and families
Military community refers collectively to service members, their families, veterans, and the civilians who support them.
The term emphasizes shared identity and mutual support among those connected to armed forces life: The military community rallied around families of deployed soldiers.
It encompasses both those on active duty and the broader network shaped by military culture and experience.
- mess hallMilitary dining facility
- barracksSoldiers' residential building
- baseSupporting bottom structure
- duty stationOfficial assigned work location
- relocationPermanent change of residence
housing assistance · post · camaraderie · chain of command · homecoming · gold star · counseling services · dependents · commissary · veteran · discipline · families · soldier · reservist · chaplain · town hall meeting · armory · esprit de corps
- military clubsofficers mess, officers' mess, wardroom, sergeants mess, gunroom
- Military Familieswar widow, war orphan, next of kin, dependent
military communitycivilian population
civil society · private sector · civilian life · general public · academic community
military communitypeace movement
Campaign advocating nonviolent resolution
military communityintentional community
Planned values-based residential collective