Paramilitary
A paramilitary is a group that is organized as a military, but they are not part of the Armed Forces of a country. There are paramilitary groups that are offic…
A paramilitary is a group that is organized as a military, but they are not part of the Armed Forces of a country. There are paramilitary groups that are official (run by a country), and others that are not.
For example, some groups in some countries' police forces are paramilitaries, like a SWAT team
The name comes from Greek para (which means beside) and Latin miles (which means soldier).
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Military compared to paramilitary
Though a paramilitary is not a military force, it is usually equivalent to a military's light infantry force in terms of intensity,[clarification needed] firepower, and organizational structure. Paramilitary forces and organizations use "military" equipment, skills, tactics etc that are compatible with the civilian sector (IE: Urban environments etc). During peacetime, jobs in the paramilitary are usually working in high-profile non-military sites such as laboratories, nuclear power plants, industrial explosive factories, seaports, airports, borders and government sites such as embassies, palaces, political summits etc tasked with roles of VIP protection, anti-terrorism etc. A paramilitary may also commonly be under the command of a military, even though they are not part of the military or help the military in wartime.
Paramilitary forces can also include private military company missions.
Quasi-military compared to Paramilitary
Although similar, a quasi-military organization has more near-identical to military aspects (i.e., militia, political party, guerrilla, rebel, drug cartel, organized crime, etc.) whereas a paramilitary is its own (i.e., security company, intelligence service, coast guard, border guard, etc.).[1]
Examples of Paramilitary Organizations
Law Enforcement
- Police departments of many countries are organized in a manner similar to military forces.
- SWAT teams of some American police departments: trained to handle high-risk situations that regular police officers are not as qualified to handle such as hostage rescue, counter-terrorism missions, and arresting particularly dangerous criminals.
Government Agencies
- Special Activities Center of the Central Intelligence Agency: a unit of the CIA whose missions often require a great deal of secrecy and carefulness. Most members of this unit are recruited from special forces units from all over the United States military. Their main mission is to collect intelligence on countries hostile to the United States; most CIA operatives killed in the line of duty have been members of the Special Activities Division.
Political
- The SS and SA in Nazi Germany: the SS fully replaced the SA in 1935, but for the most part, both groups handled the same responsibilities. They were originally bodyguards to Adolf Hitler, but as World War II heated up, they were assigned to oversee concentration camps as guards and administrators. While not an official part of Germany's military, the SS had an armed branch that was trained as a regular military unit.
References
- ↑ "Quasimilitary vs Paramilitary - What's the difference?". 19 January 2016. Archived from the original on 28 November 2021. Retrieved 28 November 2021.
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