military readiness
Armed forces preparation
Military readiness is the state of preparedness of armed forces to respond to threats or deploy for operations.
It encompasses personnel training, equipment maintenance, supply levels, and command capability.
A nation may maintain high readiness on borders or reduce it during peacetime to cut costs.
The general questioned whether budget cuts had affected military readiness.
- battle stationsAssigned combat positions
- field exercisesOutdoor tactical training operations
- boots on the groundMilitary presence in area
- active dutyCurrent military employment status
- recruitmentSeeking new personnel
troop strength · training · discipline · strategic planning · situational awareness · contingency planning · interoperability · threat assessment · combat skills · armed forces · mobilization · intelligence gathering · morale · physical fitness · war gaming · maintenance · modernization · mission critical
- defensedefense, defending, protecting, protection, security
- combat drillsbayonet charge, combat stance, precision drill, basic training, drill commands
- defense industrydefense contractors, defense spending, defense production, defense budget, defense technology
- Defense Policydefense budget, defense policy, defense spending, defense secretary, defense minister
- national securityCIA, FBI, NSA, Pentagon, DHS
- naval forcesnavy, fleet, warships, Royal Navy, US Navy
military readinessunreadiness
State of being unprepared
complacency · unpreparedness · defenselessness · vulnerability · standing down
military readinessdemobilization
Ending wartime military readiness
disarmament · stand-down · decommissioning · disengagement · troop withdrawal
military readinesspaper tiger
Seeming strength, actual weakness
incapacity · undermanning · poor training · low morale · deferred maintenance