military personnel
Troops in uniform
Military personnel are members of a country's armed forces—soldiers, sailors, marines, airmen, and related service members.
The term encompasses both enlisted ranks and officers, active duty and reserves.
It's the standard formal phrase in official and administrative contexts: Military personnel are eligible for housing benefits.
The singular form refers to an individual service member.
- recruitNew member sought
- boot campInitial military instruction program
- enlisted soldierNon-officer in armed forces
- captainOne who commands
- armyOrganized land-based military
admiral · rank and file · infantry · veteran · fallen soldier · colonel · commando · corporal · musketeer · legionnaire · chaplain · peacekeeper · medic · sniper · reservist · uniform · redcoat · combatant
- militarysoldiers, army, troops, officers, navy
- parade participantsmarching band, floats, drum majors, majorettes, baton twirlers
- vaccine recipientsbabies, children, infants, newborns, toddlers
- Canadian MilitaryCanadian Armed Forces, Canadian Army, DND, service branches, special forces
- Hawaii demographicsNative Hawaiians, Pacific Islanders, population density, population growth, ethnic diversity
- desert jobscamel driver, desert guide, Bedouin, nomad, well digger
military personnelcivilians
Non-military population
civilian population · noncombatants · civilian workforce · the public · civil society
military personnelguerrillas
Irregular combatants, unconventional warfare
insurgents · partisans · mercenaries · private military contractors · militia
military personnelpacifists
Those opposing all warfare
conscientious objectors · peace activists · anti-war protesters · draft dodgers · war resisters