Some British Cadets on a Remembrance Day Parade at Brighton College. British people, or Britons, are the native inhabitants of Great Britain and their descendants or citizens of the United Kingdom, of the Remembrance Day also known as Poppy Day, Armistice Day (the event it commemorates or Veterans Day is a day to commemorate the Brighton College is an independent co-educational Public school in Brighton, England.

A paramilitary is a force whose function and organization are similar to those of a professional military force, but which are not regarded as having the same status. ^[1] The term uses the Greek/Latin prefix para- ("beside"), also seen in words such as paramedic. A paramedic is a medical professional usually a member of the emergency medical service, who primarily provides Pre-hospital advanced medical and

The term paramilitary is subjective, depending on what is considered similar to a military force, and what status a force is considered to have. The nature of paramilitary forces therefore varies greatly according to the speaker and the context. For instance, in Northern Ireland, paramilitary refers to any illegally armed group with a political purpose, but in Colombia, paramilitary refers specifically to illegally armed groups which are considered right-wing (e. Northern Ireland (Tuaisceart Éireann Ulster Scots: Norlin Airlann) is a Country within the United Kingdom, lying in the northeast of Colombia (kəˈlʌmbɪə officially the Republic of Colombia () is a country in northwestern South America. g. AUC), while illegally armed groups considered left-wing, such as FARC, are referred to as guerrillas. The United Self-Defense Forces of Colombia ( Autodefensas Unidas de Colombia, or AUC, in Spanish) were formed in April 1997 as an umbrella The Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia – People’s Army (Fuerzas Armadas Revolucionarias de Colombia – Ejército del Pueblo also known by the Acronym of Guerrilla warfare is the unconventional warfare and combat with which a small group of combatants use mobile tactics (ambushes raids etc ^[2]

Depending on context, paramilitaries can include:

• Armed Forces outside the Military, e. g. gendarmeries and forces such as the Chinese People's Armed Police. A gendarmerie or gendarmery (dʒɛnˈdɑrməriː or /ˌʒɑndɑrməˈriː/ after the French is a Military body charged with Police duties among civilian The People's Armed Police Force ( Abbreviation: PAP; Simplified Chinese: 中国人民武装警察部队 Traditional Chinese: 中國人民武裝警察部隊 The reason for paramilitary units' existence outside of the regular military can be for several reasons. For example, a paramilitary unit's role may differ from the military's, or offer a special service. Pakistan's Northern Light Infantry (now a part of the army) was trained and conditioned to fight at altitudes of 20,000 feet and greater. The Northern Light Infantry ( NLI) is a Light Infantry Regiment of the Pakistan Army.
• Some National Intelligence Services units that are composed of civilian agents tasked with covert action in areas that are difficult or sometimes illegal for Military Forces to operate, such as the Special Activities Division of the US Central Intelligence Agency. The Special Activities Division (SAD is a division of the Central Intelligence Agency 's former Directorate of Operations now the National Clandestine Service, responsible near as long as it used to be several months ago It has been actively summarized and split into sub-articles and there is a dynamic talk page discussion of all
• Some Internal Security, Border Protection and Law Enforcement organizations that are not considered part of the regular Military but are similar in training, equipment and/or organization, such as the Internal Troops of the Russian Ministry of Internal Affairs (MVD), or the Egyptian Central Security Forces. Internal Troops, full name Internal Troops of the Ministry for Internal Affairs (MVD ( Russian: Внутренние войска Министерства This article is about the country of Egypt For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Egypt topics. History After the 1979 Camp David peace treaty with Israel and the subsequent Israeli withdrawal from the Sinai peninsula The Treaty stipulated the Egyptian There is some overlap between these and the first example mentioned, and indeed that is often one of the reasons why these may be administratively separate from the military, especially in countries where the military is forbidden or restricted in law enforcement.
• Illegal forces which consider themselves military but which governments consider terrorist, e. g. Provisional IRA, Ulster Volunteer Force, AUC, guerrillas. The Provisional Irish Republican Army (Óglaigh na hÉireann ( IRA; also referred to as the PIRA, the Provos, or by some of its supporters as the The Ulster Volunteer Force (more commonly referred to as the UVF) is a Loyalist group in Northern Ireland. The United Self-Defense Forces of Colombia ( Autodefensas Unidas de Colombia, or AUC, in Spanish) were formed in April 1997 as an umbrella Guerrilla warfare is the unconventional warfare and combat with which a small group of combatants use mobile tactics (ambushes raids etc
• Private armies and militias. The term militia is commonly used today to refer to a military force composed of ordinary Citizens to provide defense emergency law enforcement or Paramilitary service
• Militarized preexisting government agencies, such as SWAT teams and Black Cats. SWAT ( Special Weapons And Tactics) is an elite special operations tactical unit in American Police departments similar to the Taiwan Thunder Squad National Security Guards ( NSG) is a Special Response Unit in India that has primarily been utilised for Counter-terrorism activities and was created by ^[3]
• Auxiliary services of regular armed forces, such as the United States Coast Guard Auxiliary and the Civil Air Patrol. The United States Coast Guard Auxiliary was established on June 23 1939 by an act of Congress as the United States Coast Guard Reserve and re-designated as the Auxiliary The Civil Air Patrol ( CAP) is the civilian auxiliary of the United States Air Force (USAF
• Youth groups and movements that can be considered 'militarized' to various degrees, the Hitler Youth movement being perhaps the most notorious example. For the SS division with the nickname Hitlerjugend see 12th SS Panzer Division Hitlerjugend The Hitler Youth ( German:, Modern examples include military cadet movements such as the British Army Cadet Force, Sea Cadets, Air Training Corps and the Combined Cadet Force. History During the late 1850’s local Militia units (Predecessors of the Territorial Army (TA were organised into a nationwide Volunteer Reserve Force Sea Cadets are generally members of a Sea Cadet Corps a formal cadet organisation of young people with an interest in their national navy The Air Training Corps ( ATC) is a cadet organisation based in the United Kingdom. The Combined Cadet Force (CCF is a Ministry of Defence sponsored youth organisation in the United Kingdom. Other nations also have such organisations such as the Australian Defence Force Cadets, the Royal Canadian Army Cadets, the Royal Canadian Air Cadets, the Royal Canadian Sea Cadets, the American Civil Air Patrol and the United States Naval Sea Cadet Corps and India's National Cadet Corps. The Australian Defence Force Cadets (ADFC is a community-based youth development organisation of approximately 22000 cadets and 2200 cadet staff in 464 units and squadrons across Australia The Royal Canadian Army Cadets (RCAC is a Canadian national youth program sponsored by the Canadian Forces and the civilian Army Cadet League of Canada Royal Canadian Air Cadets (RCAirC is a Canadian national youth program for persons aged 12 to 18 Royal Canadian Sea Cadets (RCSC is a Canadian national youth program sponsored by the Canadian Forces and the civilian Navy League of Canada. The Civil Air Patrol ( CAP) is the civilian auxiliary of the United States Air Force (USAF The United States Naval Sea Cadet Corps (USNSCC is a US Navy -based youth organization that serves to teach persons 13 to 18 years old about the sea-going military services India, officially the Republic of India (भारत गणराज्य inc-Latn Bhārat Gaṇarājya; see also other Indian languages) is a country

References

See also

• Combined Cadet Force
• Military dictatorship
• Vlaamse Militanten Orde
• Weimar paramilitary groups
• Indian Paramilitary forces
• Paramilitary organizations
• Rebel militia groups
• Atholl Highlanders
• SS, SA, and Blackshirts
• Internal security
• Special Weapons and Tactics
• Territorial Defense Forces (Yugoslavia)

External links

• Human Rights Watch, Colombia and Military-Paramilitary Links
• Paramilitary News
• Global Security
• List of Terrorist Groups

This military article is a stub. The Cato Institute is a Libertarian Think tank headquartered in Washington D The Combined Cadet Force (CCF is a Ministry of Defence sponsored youth organisation in the United Kingdom. A military dictatorship is a Form of government wherein the political power resides with the Military; it is similar but not identical to a Stratocracy, The Vlaamse Militanten Orde ( Flemish Militants Order in Dutch) or VMO - originally Vlaamse Militanten Organisatie ( Flemish Militants Organisation Paramilitary groups were formed throughout the Weimar Republic in the wake of Germany 's defeat in World War I and the ensuing German Revolution The Paramilitary forces of India are those agencies of the Ministry of Defence or the Ministry of Home Affairs which act as armed forces auxiliaries and are considered The Atholl Highlanders are a military Regiment. Based in Blair Atholl, Scotland, they are not part of the British Army. The ( German for "Protective Squadron" abbreviated SS - or ( Runic)- was a major Nazi organization under Adolf Hitler and the The, abbreviated SA, ( German for "Assault detachment" or "Assault section" usually translated as " stormtroop(ers For other uses and meanings see Blackshirts (disambiguation. The Blackshirts ( Italian: camicie nere, Internal security, or IS is the act of keeping domestic peace within a country SWAT ( Special Weapons And Tactics) is an elite special operations tactical unit in American Police departments similar to the Taiwan Thunder Squad Territorial Defense Forces ( Serbian and Macedonian: Територијална одбрана Teritorijalna odbrana, Croatian: Teritorijalna A military is an Organization authorized by its Nation to use force usually including use of Weapons in defending its Country (or by attacking You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.