A private army (or private military) is a militia or paramilitary force consisting of armed combatants who owe their allegiance to a private person, group...

Popski's Private Army, officially No. 1 Demolition Squadron, PPA, was a unit of British Special Forces set up in Cairo in October 1942 by Major Vladimir...

A private is a soldier, usually with the lowest rank in many armies. Soldiers with the rank of private may be conscripts or they may be professional (career)...

for private security companies. List of private military contractors List of private security companies Private police Company police Private army Defense...

their enemies. The ARCAM Corporation and their military arm, the ARCAM Private Army, aim to stop these forces from destroying themselves with their elite...

of Iraq Private military company Private defense agency Private army List of private security companies Security guard Physical security Private police...

was written out of the series. Private Charles Godfrey (Arnold Ridley), a retired shop assistant who had worked at the Army & Navy Stores in London. He lives...

work performance. In the United States Army, recruits usually enter service as a private in pay grade E-1. Private (E-2), designated by a single chevron...

militias, private armies, mercenaries, etc. A regular army usually has the following: a standing army, the permanent force of the regular army that is maintained...

public sector into the private sector. It is also sometimes used as a synonym for deregulation when a heavily regulated private company or industry becomes...

century. Clan Murray hold the unique position of commanding the only private army in Europe known as the Atholl Highlanders. The progenitor of the Clan...

Private equity (PE) is stock in a private company that does not offer stock to the general public. In the field of finance, private equity is offered...

used as an abbreviation for both private ranks when pay grade need not be distinguished. In the beginning, U.S. Army enlisted rank was indicated by colored...

erroneously interpreted as a rank, similar to the US Army's private (E-1); tironim are ranked as turai (private), the same rank and paygrade as newly trained...

the National Guard of being an attempt by President Putin to create a private army to control civil strife or attempts of another colour revolution, not...

The United States Army (USA) is the land service branch of the United States Armed Forces. It is one of the eight U.S. uniformed services, and is designated...

People's Liberation Army. Roston, Aram (17 February 2017). "Betsy DeVos's Brother, The Founder Of Blackwater, Is Setting Up A Private Army For China, Sources...

field commander" and "was not in the driver's seat of setting up this private army, but was employed as a convenient and deniable decoy to disguise its...

status. It is the only legal private army in Europe. There are presently five Scottish "Kilted Companies" in the Australian Army Reserve. They include: A...

depending on the political and social situation. Private army - Combatants who owe their allegiance to a private person, group, or organization. Mercenary or...

in the United States Army. Allan Pinkerton hired Kate Warne in 1856 as a private detective, making her the first female private detective in America....

Ring the secretary. They provided the KIO with ammunition to form a private army with 27 members. The KIO raided a bank on 5 February 1960. When armed...

The National Revolutionary Army (NRA; 國民革命軍), sometimes shortened to Revolutionary Army (革命軍) before 1928, and as National Army (國軍) after 1928, was the...

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Ankh-Morpork does not have an army, but Rust declares martial law and orders the city's noble families to revive their old private regiments. Vimes, refusing...

training, or initial employment training – E-1 Private (and equivalent) soldiers in the Australian Army are still commonly referred to as 'diggers'. There...

Death to Kidnappers) or MAS, was a Colombian paramilitary group and a private army supported by drug cartels, U.S. corporations, Colombian politicians,...

did join the Army, but I joined a different Army. I joined the one with the condos and the private rooms." – Nominated In 1981, Private Benjamin was made...

with his private army, the Black Hand, which is led by Mira's cousin Gabriela Morales, Rico forms an army of his own with Mira, named the 'Army of Chaos'...

garrison for the Atholl Highlanders, the private army of the Duke of Atholl, noted as the only legal private army in Europe. The Castle and the Atholl Estates...