force; unit; corps; squad; troops; party
party; group; crew; company (of troops); corps; unit
captain; commander; commanding officer; leader
armed forces; military; troops
troops; group members; team members; SDF officials
armed forces; military; (common) soldier; rank-and-file soldier; underling; ordinary employee
Japan Self-Defense Forces; JSDF; self-defence force; self-defense force
rank (of troops); file; column; formation
main body (of troops); main force; this troop; these troops
bodyguards; elite guards; Schutzstaffel; SS; groupies; ardent fans
party; gang; company; squad
platoon commander; section commander
squad; section; (naval) division; detachment
Japan Ground Self-Defense Force; JGSDF
flying column; detached force
formation (e.g. of aircraft)
security force; public safety force
Maritime Self Defense Forces (Defence)
research team; investigative team; survey team; reconnaissance team; investigative commission; fact-finding party
rescue worker; emergency rescue team member; ambulance attendant; paramedic
Marine Corps; Royal Marines
(squad of) police; police force
fire brigade; fire company
advance party; advance team; advance group; vanguard unit
(Chinese) merchant caravan
member of the Japan Self-Defense Forces
Japan Air Self-Defense Force; JASDF
regiment of military policemen
battle formation; disposition of troops
squad leader; divisional officer
ambulance crew; ambulance squad; rescue squad
United States Marine Corps; US Marines
exploration party; expedition team
the entire force (of soldiers)
flying column; detached force
mobile troops; mechanized unit; mechanised unit; naval task force
border patrol; border guard; border guards
rank (of troops); line; formation; array; procession
special attack unit; kamikaze unit; suicide squad
uniform (of a military unit or squad); unit uniform
corps of musketeers; matchlock troops; firearms squad
Sturmabteilung; SA; Storm Troops; shock troops; storm troops
rescue squad; rescue party
gang of young toughs; hooligans; hoodlums; hoods; yobbos
shock troop commander; spearhead of a shock unit
airborne troops; paratroops
to line up; to form a party
relief party; rescue party
reconnoitering party; scout (army)
military style; army style
Self-Defense Force mission; Self-Defense Force dispatch
transport corps; army service corps
police force; police squad
international disaster relief team; international emergency aid unit
leader of a special attack unit (esp. kamikaze units in WWII); person who charges in first against opponents (esp. in a bōsōzoku gang)
Sentai-like show (sub-genre of tokusatsu featuring teams of superheroes, e.g. Power Rangers)
Spanish Armada; invincible armada
independent unit; autonomous unit
detached force; detachment
Shōgitai (group of former Tokugawa retainers opposed to the Meiji government and fought in the battle of Ueno)
formation flying; formation flight
Sentai-like show (sub-genre of tokusatsu featuring teams of superheroes, e.g. Power Rangers)
military police brigade (land army)
detachment; contingent (of troops)
Sentai-like show (sub-genre of tokusatsu featuring teams of superheroes, e.g. Power Rangers)
police mobile traffic unit
squad of swordsmen; unit armed with drawn swords; Battōtai; special police unit of swordsmen during the Satsuma Rebellion (1877)
kiheitai (irregular militia during the Bakumatsu period)
regional revitalization cooperation team
mobile investigation unit (police); MIU
(military) unit flag; unit colors
Rikuentai; anti-shogunate army formed in Kyoto in 1867 by Nakaoka Shintarō
guard of honour; honor guard
shock troop commander; spearhead of a shock unit
Lily Princesses Student Corps (Okinawa 1945)
air strike force; bomber squadron
advance troops; vanguard; advance contingent; leading unit
military unit composed of personnel who have volunteered for dangerous assignments; volunteer corps
boot camp for new recruits (conducted by Japan's Self-Defence Force)
excavation team; dig team
military affairs; military work
guard of honour; honor guard
dishonorable discharge; dishonourable discharge
railway police (Japan); Railway Police Force
climbing expedition; mountaineering party
air flotilla; air fleet; combat aviation unit of the Imperial Japanese Navy
special attack unit; suicide squad; kamikaze unit
rejoining one's army unit
regimental colors; regimental colours
Special Assault Team; SAT
caravansary; caravanserai
exploration party; expedition team
Schutzstaffel (Nazi paramilitary organization); SS
disbanding (usu. a military unit); breaking up
Shiraume Student Nurse Corps (Okinawa, 1945)
plain-clothes soldiers (esp. of the Chinese Army during the Second Sino-Japanese War); mufti corps
rear guard; rear guard unit
armored corps; armoured corps
Sekihōtai (short-lived pro-imperial volunteer corps formed during the Boshin War)
overseas (military forces)
National Police Reserve; Japan Police Reserve Corps
naval brigade; naval land forces
honorable discharge; honourable discharge
storm trooper; Brownshirt
Unit 731 (biological warfare unit of the Japanese Imperial Army)
Ghost in the Shell (film)
airborne troops; paratroops
toy soldier; soldier figurine
militarization; militarisation
women's volunteer corps; groups of young female workers organized on Japanese territory during WWII
rescue party; rescue squad
self-defence fire brigade; fire brigade associated with building, company, etc.
Volkssturm (national militia established by Nazi Germany during the last months of World War II)
infantry troops (in the Japan Ground Self-Defense Force)
Shimonoseki campaign (1863-1864); Shimonoseki bombardment
Schutzstaffel (Nazi paramilitary organization); SS
blackshirts (Italian fascist group); squadristi; camicie nere
Unit 731 (biological warfare unit of the Japanese Imperial Army)
Japanese Antarctic Research Expedition
Air Officer Candidate School
Ninja Sentai Kakuranger (1994-1995 TV series)
advance unit sent ahead of the main force on a special mission
gang of young toughs; hooligans; hoodlums; hoods; yobbos
detached force; detachment
guard of honour; honor guard
Blood and Iron Student Corps (Okinawa, 1945)
Chōriki Sentai Ohranger (1995-1996 TV series)
Japan Self-Defense Forces; JSDF
rank (of troops); line; formation; array; procession
shock troop commander; spearhead of a shock unit
shock troop commander; spearhead of a shock unit
task organization; task organisation
evenly splitting the bill
Japan International Cooperation Agency; JICA
military police brigade (navy)
military police brigade (air force)
armored unit; armored troops; armored forces
fire command vehicle; fire chief car
Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force; JMSDF
Japan Air Self-Defense Force; JASDF
Japan Ground Self-Defense Force; JGSDF
Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (Iran); IRGC
Kaientai (former trading company)