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A private army (or private military) is a military or paramilitary force consisting of armed combatants who owe their allegiance to a private person, group, or organization, rather than a nation or state.[1]
^"Britain is the world centre for private military contractors – and it's almost impossible to find out what they're up to". openDemocracy.
A privatearmy (or private military) is a military or paramilitary force consisting of armed combatants who owe their allegiance to a private person,...
A private military company (PMC) or private military and security company (PMSC) is a private company providing armed combat or security services for...
of Iraq Private military company Private defense agency Privatearmy List of private security companies Security guard Physical security Private police...
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...
training, or initial employment training – E-1 Private (and equivalent) soldiers in the Australian Army are still commonly referred to as 'diggers'. There...
militias, privatearmies, mercenaries, etc. A regular army usually has the following: a standing army, the permanent force of the regular army that is maintained...
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...
field commander" and "was not in the driver's seat of setting up this privatearmy, but was employed as a convenient and deniable decoy to disguise its...
Furthermore, the People's Volunteer Organization (PVO), the former privatearmy of the nationalist leader Aung San, split between socialist and communist...
field of finance, private equity (PE) is capital stock in a private company that does not offer stock to the general public. 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...
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...
coalition of Central American armies. An American mercenary, William Walker, invaded Nicaragua in 1855 with a small privatearmy. He seized control of the...
erroneously interpreted as a rank, similar to the US Army'sprivate (E-1); tironim are ranked as turai (private), the same rank and paygrade as newly trained...
status. It is the only legal privatearmy in Europe. There are presently five Scottish "Kilted Companies" in the Australian Army Reserve. They include: A...
Ring the secretary. They provided the KIO with ammunition to form a privatearmy 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...
Plassey fought there in June 1757, between the privatearmy of the British East India Company and the army of Siraj-ud-Daulah, the Nawab of Bengal. The...
depending on the political and social situation. Privatearmy - Combatants who owe their allegiance to a private person, group, or organization. Mercenary or...
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officer of No. 1 Demolition Squadron, PPA, colloquially known as "Popski's PrivateArmy", during World War II. Vladimir Peniakoff was born on 30 March 1897 in...
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....
have accused the Rosgvardiya of being an attempt by Putin to create a privatearmy to control civil strife or attempts of a colour revolution, not only...
2022, 10 of its Combined Arms Armies to the invasion. The Wagner Group has made a name for itself as Putin's "privatearmy." In June 2023, Putin backed...
PrivateArmies and Private Military Companies, Washington: CQ Press, p. 76 Axelrod, Alan (2014), Mercenaries: A Guide to PrivateArmies and Private Military...