Military organizations The auxiliary forces of a state's military or government, military reserve forces, such as national guard, presidential guard, republican guard, state defense force, home guard, civil guard, imperial guard, and royal guard forces Private military contractors and mercenaries Irregular military forces, such as militias, partisans, resistance movements, freedom fighters, rebel groups, liberation armies, guerrilla armies, militants, insurgents, and terrorist groups.
Military organizations The auxiliary forces of a state's military or government military reserve forces such as national guard presidential guard republican guard state defense force home guard civil guard imperial guard and royal guard forces Private military contractors and mercenaries Irregular military forces such as militias partisans resistance movements freedom fighters rebel groups liberation armies guerrilla armies militants insurgents and terrorist groups