(common) soldier; rank and file; army; troops; warfare; strategy
guard; sentinel; garrison
military force; force of arms; strength of an army
cavalry; cavalryman; trooper
infantry; infantryman; foot soldier
armed forces; military; (common) soldier; rank-and-file soldier; underling; ordinary employee
combat engineer; military engineer; combat engineering; military engineering
arms and cavalry; soldiers and (war) horses; troops; armed forces; war; battle
Hyogo (prefecture); armory; armoury; arsenal
armament; soldier's equipment
archer; bowman; bow-wielding soldier; crossbow soldier
Imperial Guard (Meiji); personal guard
ambush; troops in ambush; unexpected opposition; unexpected obstacle
conscription; (military) draft; (compulsory) enlistment
art of war; strategy; tactics
Ministry of War (Tang dynasty China)
military strength; military personnel
hand-to-hand combat; fighting at close quarters; close combat
logistics; supply; communications
leading private (Imperial Japanese Army); leading seaman (Imperial Japanese Navy)
ultimate weapon; one's final trump card
priest soldier; warrior monk
Marine Corps; Royal Marines
(Japanese Imperial Navy) chief warrant-officer
private (soldier); (common) soldier; ranks; rank and file
private first-class (army); airman first class (air force); lance corporal (US Marines; Commonwealth military); seaman (navy)
military service; conscription
body guard; military escort
regulars; regular soldiers
remnants of a defeated army
picked troops; elite soldiers; crack troops
long-serving soldier; veteran
arsenal; ordnance factory; armoury; armory
private; recruit; aircraftman; seaman
American soldier; US serviceman; US servicewoman
military science; strategy; tactics
weapon of mass destruction; WMD
National Guard (esp. USA); National Guard member
ordinary soldier; mere soldier
mounted archer; horse archer
kiheitai (irregular militia during the Bakumatsu period)
powerful army; strengthening of the military
grenadier; grenade thrower
reconnoitering party; scout (army)
batman; officer's orderly
lethal weapon; deadly device
armored personnel carrier; APC
enrich the country, strengthen the army
soldier; tactician; strategist
The Art of War (military text by Sun Tzu; ca. 5th century BCE)
extremely powerful weapon (e.g. nuclear); (lit.) reaction weapon
sick and wounded soldiers
supply line; line of communications
guard of honour; honor guard; ceremonial guard
tactician; strategist; master swordsman
reserve army; flying column; troops kept in reserve for flexible deployment
(army unit of) conscripted farmers
military academy; service academy
brave soldier; brave warrior
to send an army; to send soldiers; to dispatch troops
irregular soldiers; commandos
old soldier; veteran; old hand
agricultural soldiers; colonizers; colonisers
airman; airwoman; aviator
defeated soldier; defeated troops; routed army
righteous army (esp. in Korea); member of a righteous army; irregular militia
separation of farmers and samurai (system in effect from the Azuchi-Momoyama period until the Edo period)
physical examination (given at conscription)
Transportation Corps (service branch of the Imperial Japanese Army)
acoustic weapon; sonic weapon
the art of war; strategy; tactics
conscription; draft system
United States Marine Corps; US Marines
dummy supporters (e.g. for sports team); dummy soldiers (e.g. left behind when evacuating)
conscription ordinance; conscription law; draft; Conscription Ordinance (1873-1927)
marines (former Japanese Navy)
terracotta army (clay figurines found near the mausoleum of the first Qin emperor in China); terracotta warriors and horses
armory; armoury; arsenal; ordnance department
disabled soldier; crippled soldier
compulsory military service
battle; war; (arch.) weapons and armour; (arch.) arms
armory; armoury; arms factory; arsenal
exemption from military service; draft exemption
chief petty officer (IJN); petty officer first class (US Navy)
inhumane weapons; weapon against humanity
a personal guard or bodyguard
draft evasion; evading conscription
food for soldiers and noncommissioned officers
inhumane weapons; weapon against humanity
wargame; map exercise; kriegspiel
toy soldier; soldier figurine
male cadet (aged 14-19) in the Imperial Japanese Army Air Service (during WWII)
biological and chemical weapons
student soldier (in WWII)
instruction in martial arts
policy of increasing national prosperity and military power
evading military service; draft dodging; draft evasion
specialist (US Army enlisted rank)
hostilities; beginning of hostilities
evading military service; draft dodging
black (i.e. African-American) soldier; buffalo soldier
conscript; draftee; selectee; inductee
force reduction; troop reduction
Military Service Law (1927-1945)
ABC weapons (atomic, biological, chemical)
petty officer (IJN, RN); petty officer second class (USN)
chemical weapons ban treaty
don't be a sore loser; don't make excuses for your failures; (lit.) a defeated general should not talk of strategy
wargame piece (on a training map); map symbol (representing troops)
Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty; START
petty officer third class (USN)
system of universal conscription
Marine Expeditionary Force (US)
1995 Okinawa rape incident; kidnapping and rape of a 12-year-old Japanese girl by three US servicemen stationed in Okinawa
conscientious objector; CO
UN Disengagement Observer Force; UNDOF
intermediate-range nuclear forces
United Nations Special Commission; UNSCOM
book on military strategy; treatise on the art of war
draft refuser; draft objector
infantry fighting vehicle
Naval Fighter Weapons School
draft refuser; draft objector
strategy of close-quarters fighting
old soldiers never die; they just fade away
hypersonic glide vehicle; hypersonic glide weapon
evenly splitting the bill
runner (soldier responsible for delivering messages)
binary weapon; binary chemical weapon
active and (first) reserve duty
draft exemption; exemption from conscription
maintenance engineer; ground crew
Swiss Guard; Pontifical Swiss Guard
defeat is inevitable for an overconfident army; being arrogant and overconfident inevitably leads to defeat; pride comes before a fall
Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons
guard of honor; guard of honour
pikeman; spearman; lanceman
the point of a sword; the advance of an army
weapons and armour; soldier; battle; war