military service | land tenure by service in the lord's army |
specialization specialisation specialty speciality specialism | the special line of work you have adopted as your career, his specialization is gastroenterology |
press military press | a weightlift in which the barbell is lifted to shoulder height and then smoothly lifted overhead |
occupational therapy | therapy based on engagement in meaningful activities of daily life, especially to enable or encourage participation in such activities in spite of impairments or limitations in physical or mental functions |
military censorship | all types of censorship conducted by personnel of the armed forces |
military training | training soldiers in military procedures |
military drill | training in marching and the use of weapons |
military action action | a military engagement, he saw action in Korea |
operation military operation | activity by a military or naval force (as a maneuver or campaign), it was a joint operation of the navy and air force |
maneuver manoeuvre simulated military operation | a military training exercise |
campaign military campaign | several related operations aimed at achieving a particular goal (usually within geographical and temporal constraints) |
expedition military expedition hostile expedition | a military campaign designed to achieve a specific objective in a foreign country |
mission military mission | an operation that is assigned by a higher headquarters, the planes were on a bombing mission |
military ceremony | a military custom performed in observance of some event or anniversary |
siege besieging beleaguering military blockade | the action of an armed force that surrounds a fortified place and isolates it while continuing to attack |
occupation military control | the control of a country by military forces of a foreign power |
headquarters HQ military headquarters | the military installation from which a commander performs the functions of command, the general's headquarters were a couple of large tents |
military hospital | hospital for soldiers and other military personnel |
military installation | any facility servicing military forces |
military post post | military installation at which a body of troops is stationed, this military post provides an important source of income for the town nearby, there is an officer's club on the post |
military quarters | living quarters for personnel on a military post |
military uniform | prescribed identifying uniform for soldiers |
military vehicle | vehicle used by the armed forces |
specialty store | a store that sells only one kind of merchandise |
warplane military plane | an aircraft designed and used for combat |
peculiarity specialness specialty speciality distinctiveness | a distinguishing trait |
forte strong suit long suit metier specialty speciality strong point strength | an asset of special worth or utility, cooking is his forte |
military capability military strength strength military posture posture | capability in terms of personnel and materiel that affect the capacity to fight a war, we faced an army of great strength, politicians have neglected our military posture |
medicine medical specialty | the branches of medical science that deal with nonsurgical techniques |
military science | the discipline dealing with the principles of warfare |
commission military commission | an official document issued by a government and conferring on the recipient the rank of an officer in the armed forces |
occupational safety and health act federal job safety law | a law passed by the United States Congress that created the Occupational Safety and Health Administration to prevent employees from being injured or contracting diseases in the course of their employment |
salute military greeting | a formal military gesture of respect |
military intelligence | information about the armed forces of another country that is useful in planning and conducting military policy or military operations |
military march military music martial music | brisk marching music suitable for troops marching in a military parade |
military ceremony | a formal ceremony performed by military personnel |
military-industrial complex | a country's military establishment and the industries that produce arms and other military equipment, we must guard against the acquisition of unwarranted influence, whether sought or unsought, by the military-industrial complex--Dwight David Eisenhower |
military government stratocracy | government by the military and an army |
military service armed service service | a force that is a branch of the armed forces |
military unit military force military group force | a unit that is part of some military service, he sent Caesar a force of six thousand men |
military armed forces armed services military machine war machine | the military forces of a nation, their military is the largest in the region, the military machine is the same one we faced in but now it is weaker |
military reserve reserve | armed forces that are not on active duty but can be called in an emergency |
military police MP | a military corps that enforces discipline and guards prisoners |
military junta junta | a group of military officers who rule a country after seizing power |
concert band military band | a group of musicians playing brass and woodwind and percussion instruments |
military academy | an academy for training military officers |
military court | a judicial court of commissioned officers for the discipline and punishment of military personnel |
military intelligence military intelligence agency | an agency of the armed forces that obtains and analyzes and uses information of strategic or tactical military value |
Secret Intelligence Service MI Military Intelligence Section | the government agency in the United Kingdom that is responsible for internal security and counterintelligence overseas |
Security Service MI Military Intelligence Section | the government agency in the United Kingdom that is responsible for internal security and counterintelligence on British territory |