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In some countries, the term 'army' encompasses all armed forces, while specific branches are designated with terms like 'Armée de terre' for land forces in France and 'PLA Ground Force' in China. Regular armies are distinguished from irregular military forces, with regular armies characterized by standardized organization and full-time personnel. Armies are structured into various specialties based on mission, role, and training.

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Army 2

In some countries, the term 'army' encompasses all armed forces, while specific branches are designated with terms like 'Armée de terre' for land forces in France and 'PLA Ground Force' in China. Regular armies are distinguished from irregular military forces, with regular armies characterized by standardized organization and full-time personnel. Armies are structured into various specialties based on mission, role, and training.

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Definition

In some countries, such as France and China, the


term "army", especially in its plural form
"armies", has the broader meaning of armed
forces as a whole, while retaining the colloquial
sense of land forces. To differentiate the
colloquial army from the formal concept of
military force, the term is qualified, for example
in France the land force is called Armée de terre,
meaning Land Army, and the air and space force
is called Armée de l'Air et de l’Espace, meaning
Air and Space Army. The naval force, although
not using the term "army", is also included in the
broad sense of the term "armies" — thus the
French Navy is an integral component of the
collective French Armies (French Armed Forces)
under the Ministry of the Armies. A similar
pattern is seen in China, with the People's
Liberation Army (PLA) being the overall
military, the land force being the PLA Ground
Force, and so forth for the PLA Air Force, the
PLA Navy, and other branches.
Though by convention, irregular military is
understood in contrast to regular armies which
grew slowly from personal bodyguards or elite
militia. Regular in this case refers to
standardized doctrines, uniforms, organizations,
etc. Regular military can also refer to full-time
status (standing army), versus reserve or part-
time personnel. Other distinctions may separate
statutory forces (established under laws such as
the National Defence Act), from de facto "non-
statutory" forces such as some guerrilla and
revolutionary armies.

Structure
Armies are always divided into various
specialties, according to the mission, role, and
training of individual units, and sometimes
individual soldiers within a unit.

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