A standing army is a permanent, often professional, army. It is composed of full-time soldiers who may be either career soldiers or conscripts. It differs...

have no standing armies but still have a non-police military force. Many of the 21 countries listed here typically have had a long-standing agreement...

require parliamentary consent for the Crown to maintain a peacetime standing army. The army is administered by the Ministry of Defence and commanded by the...

organizations, etc. Regular military can also refer to full-time status (standing army), versus reserve or part-time personnel. Other distinctions may separate...

training. The army is an all-volunteer force and comprises more than 80% of the country's active defence personnel. It is the largest standing army in the world...

Standing Army is a 2010 documentary film about the global network of U.S. military bases, the impact that these have on local populations, and the military–industrial...

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...

of the conscripted and reserve components and increasing the active (standing army) component, changing from 60% support structure and 40% operational...

formed the Ottoman sultan's household troops. They were the first modern standing army, and perhaps the first infantry force in the world to be equipped with...

Federalist No. 46, Madison wrote how a federal army could be kept in check by the militia, "a standing army ... would be opposed [by] militia." He argued...