military establishment—
1. a military body or institution:
- Colonel Wellesley was long occupied in organizing the civil as well as the military establishments.
2. an institution providing military education and training:
- The institute was not organized as a military establishment and was open to civilians.
3. the quota of officers and men in a regiment, ship, etc.:
- How large should America’s peacetime military establishment be?
war establishment—augmentation of regiments, etc. to a certain number to meet war requirements:
- In the war establishment of the squadron, there are additional troops provided for just such tasks.