Standing army
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title:
Standing army
text:
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 from army reserves, who are enrolled for the long term, but activated only during wars or natural disasters, and temporary armies, which are raised from the civilian population only during a war or threat of war, and disbanded once the war or threat is over. Standing armies tend to be better equipped, better trained, and better prepared for em
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Permanent army composed of full-time career soldiers or conscripts
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Standing_army
date created:
2005-04-16T19:10:59Z
date modified:
2024-09-03T17:49:02Z
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