Adjective

military (comparative more military, superlative most military)

Positive military

Comparative more military

Superlative most military

  1. Characteristic of members of the armed forces.
  2. (North American) Relating to armed forces such as the army, marines, navy and air force (often as distinguished from civilians or police forces).
  3. Relating to war.
    • 1989, Gregory Flynn, Soviet Military Doctrine and Western Policy‎, page 158:
      The only goal pursued by Western defense strategy — to cause the Warsaw Pact to break off an attack — is more military than political in nature.
  4. Relating to armies or ground forces.

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Wed Jul 8 15:50:44 2009

A military organization is an organization which exists to fight wars. It has a legalized and legitimized use of violence in the interests of the state which it serves. In a democracy or other political system run in the public interest, it is a public force.

In North American English military is common as a noun -one can talk about "a military" or "the military"- but in British and Commonwealth English it is normally used as an adjective -one refers to "a military force" or "military organization".

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Q. My JROTC Corp wants to do a military ball this is our first time ever, pretty much making history for our corp. Does anyone know all the procedures and the sequences of the military ball. Thanks for the help. My JROTC Corp wants to do a military ball this is our first time ever, pretty much making history for our corp. Does anyone know all the procedures and the sequences of the military ball. Thanks for the help. I kno the obvious things like its a ball formal dressing and dining I just want the procedures. Thank you.
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What website does the military use to figure out military training to college credits?
Q. It is a website that puts all your information together from all training you did in the military and it turns them into college credits.
Asked by Erico - Mon Aug 18 01:10:23 2008 - - 5 Answers - 1 Comments

A. The Navy and Marines use SMARTS. They compile a transcript of all military and civilian schooling and you take it to whatever college you are planning on attending and have them tranfer whatever credits you have for the degree you are pursuing. There are several colleges that provide distance learning for the military. https://www.navycollege.n avy.mil/faqs.html
Answered by J T - Mon Aug 18 01:15:43 2008

what other military careers are there besides the us armed forces ?
Q. i want to get into the army, but i have asthma. i would like to start a military / security type career . is there a way i can get the training and preparation a solider would receive in the us armed forces. someone told me to check out mercenary or private military contractors .2 questions >1. how do i become a mercenary or a private military contractor ? and 2. is there any other military type careers out there ?
Asked by ANIMAL MAN (A*M) - Sun Jan 25 16:45:16 2009 - - 1 Answers - 0 Comments

A. Unfortunately alot of "mercs" won't take someone with asthma. Blackwater and a few other contractors won't touch you unless your physically fit. If your last asthma attack has not been within the last 5 years, you may be eligible for the military. You will have to get a cardiopulminary exam by your own physician and submit that paperwork to your local recruiter. To be honest with you, most recruiters will brush you off, so make sure you follow up if the above is true. If you still have asthma and take an inhaler, unfortunately you will not be fighting.
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  • "In the various states of society, armies are recruited from very different motives. Barbarians are urged by the love of war; the citizens of a free republic may be prompted by a principle of duty; the subjects, or at least the nobles, of a monarchy, are animated by a sentiment of honor; but the timid and luxurious inhabitants of a declining empire must be allured into the service by the hopes of profit, or compelled by the dread of punishment".
  • "What the main drift of the twentieth century has revealed is that the economy has become concentrated and incorporated in the great hierarchies, the military has become enlarged and decisive to the shape of the entire economic structure; and moreover the economic and the military have become structurally and deeply interrelated, as the economy has become a seemingly permanent war economy; and military men and policies have increasingly penetrated the corporate economy".