private army (or private military) is a military force under the command of a private person or organization, rather than a nation or state. Private armies...

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 class 1 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...

for private security companies. List of private military contractors List of private security companies Private army Defense contractor Private intelligence...

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

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...

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...

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...

conventional governmental backing. Irregular elements can consist of militias, private armies, mercenaries, or other non-state actors, though no single definition...

(sergeants and corporals) in Western armies. A sepoy is a rank equivalent to Private in most Commonwealth armies. Many regiments and corps use other distinctive...

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...

The United States Army (USA) is the primary land service branch of the United States Department of Defense. It is designated as the Army of the United States...

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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...

officers in the Pakistan Army. At present the Army has 1 Field Marshal, 1 General, 29 Lieutenant Generals (including 1 from Army Medical Corps) and 184...

Nicaragua and a coalition of Central American armies. An American mercenary, William Walker, and his small private army were invited to Nicaragua in 1855. He...

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

Indian Army (ISO: Bhāratīya Sēnā) is the land-based branch and largest component of the Indian Armed Forces, making it the world’s second-largest army and...

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...

turned it into a sort of a small regular army of the Lokot Autonomy, or the "Lokot Republic", and into a "private" army subordinate personally to him. After...

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...

Plassey fought there in June 1757, between the private army of the British East India Company and the army of Siraj-ud-Daulah, the Nawab of Bengal. The...

Atholl, and based at Blair Castle, Blair Atholl. It is the only legal private army in Europe. The regiment was raised in Perthshire by John Murray, 4th...

Private equity (PE) is stock in a private company that does not offer stock to the general public. Private equity is offered instead to specialized investment...

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

officer of No. 1 Demolition Squadron, PPA, colloquially known as "Popski's Private Army", during World War II. Vladimir Peniakoff was born on 30 March 1897 in...

Private Armies and Private Military Companies, Washington: CQ Press, p. 76 Axelrod, Alan (2014), Mercenaries: A Guide to Private Armies and Private Military...

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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...