Defense force
Defense force noun - An organization of defenders that provides resistance against attack.
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Navy and defense force are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Navy" instead a noun phrase "Defense force".
Navy
Navy noun - An organization of military vessels belonging to a country and available for sea warfare.
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Defense force and navy are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Defense force" instead a noun "Navy".
Nearby Word: naval
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- Macross: Earth's space force is known as UN Spacy (called Robotech Defense Force in Robotech, despite having UN Spacy still written on the side of the Valkyries), Spacy follows from Army and Navy.
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The ''Wehrmacht'' was the more general, overarching organization (the equivalent in English would be saying "the military"-literally it means the "defense force") composed of the Army (Heer), Navy (Kriegsmarine), and Air Force (Luftwaffe).
Source: Artistic License History - The FAR consists of the Army, Navy, Air and Air Defense Force, and various paramilitary units (including militias and reserves).
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