military training camps

Soldier preparation facilities

Military training camps are facilities where armed forces personnel receive instruction in combat skills, physical conditioning, and military discipline.

The term covers everything from basic training installations where recruits first learn soldiering to specialized camps for advanced tactics.

He spent eight weeks at a military training camp before deployment.

The phrase sometimes appears in news coverage of insurgent or terrorist organizations: The airstrikes targeted military training camps in the region.

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live fire exercise · armories · obstacle courses · rifle range · mess halls · chow line · reveille · chain of command · medical facilities · graduation ceremony · classrooms · bivouac · war games · field exercises · drill instructor · drill sergeant · combat drills

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purpose/function

military training campsmeditation centers

Facilities for contemplative practice

hippie communes · summer camps · rehabilitation facilities · retirement communities

civilian vs. military context

military training campsprivate schools

Tuition-charging educational institutions

corporate retreats · community centers · public parks · universities · summer camps

purpose and function

military training campsrehabilitation centers

Institutions for recovery programs

veterans' hospitals · healing retreats · convalescent homes · hospices

Family

military, militia, militant, militancy, militarism, militarist, militaristic, militarize, militarized

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