Category: military (388 terms)
- action stations
- act of war
- admiral of the fleet
- advance guard
- aerosol bomb
- air denial
- air force
- air marshal
- air raid
- air-raid warden
- area of influence
- armed merchantman
- armoured car
- arms bearer
- arms dealer
- arms race
- assault rifle
- as you were
- at ease
- atomic bomb
- attack helicopter
- at the high port
- at war
- awkward squad
- aye aye
- battalion tactical group
- battle cry
- battle line
- battle station
- behind the wire
- big gun
- bird dog
- black flag
- blood chit
- bonsai army
- booby trap
- boot camp
- boots on the ground
- brass up
- break ranks
- breast line
- brew up
- brigadier general
- broken arrow
- brown-water navy
- bucket of sunshine
- bull up
- butter bar
- buzz bomb
- cadet house
- call sign
- call up
- camo up
- camp follower
- cannon fodder
- carpet bomb
- carpet bombing
- cease fire
- cede the field
- cheval de frise
- chief of staff
- chief petty officer
- chocolate soldier
- close ranks
- collateral damage
- colour sergeant
- command and control
- common time
- conning tower
- conventional warfare
- cook off
- corps de garde
- council of war
- court martial
- crash dive
- curtain wall
- cut slingload
- cyber transport systems
- daisy cutter
- danger area
- danger space
- dawn patrol
- dead ground
- dead hand
- dead space
- declare war
- demilitarized zone
- depth charge
- desert rat
- direct action
- dispatch rider
- dog robber
- double time
- douche boat
- dragon's teeth
- draw down
- driving band
- duffel bag
- electromagnetic pulse
- elephant walk
- end state
- enemy combatant
- enemy line
- extreme prejudice
- eyes right
- fall in
- false flag
- feather merchant
- feu de joie
- field colours
- field cornet
- field music
- field out
- field work
- fifth column
- fire and forget
- fire away
- fire balloon
- firing line
- firing point
- first lieutenant
- first officer
- first sergeant
- first team
- flag officer
- flag rank
- flaming onion
- flat scissors
- fleet captain
- fleet landing
- flight deck
- flying circus
- flypaper theory
- fog of war
- foot soldier
- forlorn hope
- forward line
- four by two
- freshwater soldier
- front line
- gas and go
- general of the army
- getaway man
- glide bomb
- gold star
- gooney bird
- go to war
- government issue
- green army
- green line
- green-water navy
- ground power
- ground zero
- guard of honour
- gun pit
- hammer and anvil
- hand grenade
- hangar queen
- hash mark
- heavy artillery
- high and tight
- high command
- high ground
- hit and run
- hold fire
- hold one's fire
- horse and foot
- hot extraction
- hot zone
- human shield
- identification friend or foe
- in action
- infernal machine
- in service
- irregular warfare
- killing field
- kill zone
- knife fight
- knife rest
- lance corporal
- land battleship
- land mine
- lay siege
- leading seaman
- left turn
- lieutenant colonel
- lieutenant general
- lieutenant junior grade
- light infantry
- line abreast
- line of attack
- line of battle
- line of communication
- line of fire
- line of march
- line of sight
- listening post
- lobster box