Category
page 1Military life

soldier
A soldier is a person who is a member of an army. A soldier can be a conscripted or volunteer enlisted person, a non-commissioned officer, a warrant officer, or an officer.
military base
facility directly owned and operated by or for the military
non-commissioned officer
military rank group
child soldier
conscription of children in warfare

salute
thumb|Soviet Armed Forces|Soviet veterans saluting in the [[2005 Moscow Victory Day Parade]]
thumb|An Indonesian National Police general giving a salute
thumb|Pakistan army soldiers saluting British-style, palms facing outward
thumb|North Macedonian soldier saluting on behalf of his men during a performance of the Denes nad Makedonija|North Macedonian national anthem
thumb|Scouting leader and a new Scout exchange salutes.
dog tag
identification tag worn by military personnel

epaulette
thumb|Officer of the French Republican Guard with epaulettes
thumb|Components and structure of the epaulette of an Imperial Russian lieutenant-colonel, 46th Artillery Brigade
military psychology
specialized field in psychological science for the studies of human behaviours in war and military activities
batman
soldier or airman assigned to an officer as a personal servant
recruit training
initial indoctrination and instruction given to new military personnel
LGBTQ+ and military service
policies on the service of queers in military forces
command hierarchy
group of people who carry out orders based on others authority within the group
boatswain's call
pipe or a non-diaphragm type whistle used on naval ships by a boatswain
Military funerals
Funeral Ceremony

canaba
A ' (plural ') was the Latin term for a hut or hovel and was later (from the time of Hadrian) used typically to mean a town that emerged as a civilian settlement () in the vicinity of a Roman legionary fortress ().
Last Post
British and Commonwealth bugle call
Taps
bugle call; musical piece sounded at dusk, and at funerals (American version)
color guard
type of military unit charged with the protection of regimental colors and the national flag
drill instructor
military training officer
military discharge
release from military service

cashiering

Impact of war on children
effects of several wars on children

mess
thumb|upright=1.3|Stand easy in the stoker's mess of the corvette , 1943
The mess (also called a mess deck aboard ships and commonly mess hall) is a designated area where military personnel socialize, eat and (in some cases) live. The term is also used to indicate the groups of military personnel who belong to separate messes, such as the officers' mess, the chief petty officer mess, and the enlisted mess. In some civilian societies this military usage has been extended to the eating arrangements of other disciplined services such as fire fighting and police forces.
flypast
thumb|right|300px|The Red Arrows and [[Concorde conclude a special flypast over Buckingham Palace, London, on 4 June 2002 celebrating the Queen's Golden Jubilee ]]
alert state
indication of the state of readiness of the armed forces for military action or a state against natural disasters, terrorism or military attack
21-gun salute
21 shot gun salute
French leave
leave of absence without permission or without announcing one's departure
drill commands
marching group
celebratory gunfire
Shooting a firearm to celebrate event.
provost
military police whose duties are policing solely within the armed forces of a country, as opposed to gendarmerie duties in the civilian population
Dapeng dialect
Chinese dialect spoken on the Dapeng Peninsula

For the Fallen
poem by Laurence Binyon
Three-volley salute
shots from a rifle performed at military funerals and memorials
high and tight
hairstyle where the hair on the sides of the head is completely shaved while on the top the hair is trimmed and left slightly longer
military townlet
territory for permanent quartering of military
Reveille
thumb|Musical notation of "Le Réveil" from French military rules book published July, 29 1884
"Reveille" ( , ), called in French "Le Réveil" is a bugle call, trumpet call, drum, fife-and-drum or pipes call most often associated with the military; it is chiefly used to wake military personnel at sunrise. The name comes from (or ), the French word for "wake up".
Military courtesy
Strict code of conduct in a military force
service number
Indentification number used in formal groups
bugle call
short tune used for communication
Junjiahua
Junjiahua, Junhua,
Junsheng, or "military speech" in English, is any of a number of isolated dialects in Guangdong, Guangxi, Hainan, Fujian, and Taiwan. Some believe that they are a Mandarin dialect group that assimilated to local Chinese variants in southern China. Junhua began as a lingua franca in the army, being spoken between soldiers dispatched to various parts of China during the Ming dynasty. It was subsequently spread to areas around the camps where the army settled. It is now an endangered language. In Hainan, it is still spoken by about 100,000 people. These speakers mainly live in
bed-making
right|thumb|An unmade hotel bed
challenge coin
coin or medallion bearing an organization’s insignia or emblem
duty officer
position assigned to a worker on a shift or watch, carrying responsibility for supervision, administrative work, and incident response
Present arms
two-part drill command
pace stick
Military drill aid
Armed Forces Day
annual event in the UK
military officers' club
military base building intended for off-duty use by officers while excluding personnel of lower rank
United States Army Basic Training
recruit training program of the United States Army