military units
Organized armed forces
Military units are organized groups of personnel within armed forces, structured hierarchically from small teams to large formations.
A squad or platoon contains a few soldiers; a company or battalion contains hundreds; a division or corps contains thousands.
Units have designated commanders and specific tactical or strategic functions: His unit deployed to the Pacific, an armored unit, special forces units.
- brigadeLarge military unit
- army corpsLarge military subdivision
- battalionMid-sized military unit
- tank battalionMilitary formation of armored vehicles
- companyCommercial enterprise or guests
corps · infantry · infantry regiment · phalanx · division · medical corps · platoon · legion · artillery · cavalry · squad · knightly order · task force · cohort · special forces · green berets · troop · naval fleet
- military historybattles, soldiers, campaigns, officers, battlefields
- Union soldiersUnion infantry, federal troops, enlisted men, volunteers, privates
- strategy gameschess, strategy, checkers, go, Go
- paradesparade, marching bands, parade floats, floats, parade float
- gender separationbathrooms, restrooms, locker rooms, changing rooms, dressing rooms
military unitsnon-governmental organizations
Independent public-interest entities
peace corps · lone wolves · commercial enterprises · religious congregations · academic departments
military unitsirregular forces
Unofficial armed combatants
militia groups · paramilitary groups · rebel factions · resistance fighters