[Tagging] Proposed feature - RFC - Military Bases

[Joseph Eisenberg]

Wikipedia says: "The British Armed Forces, also known as Her Majesty's
Armed Forces, are the military services responsible for the defence of the
United Kingdom"... so perhaps the best British term is "military service"?

The Wikipedia pages on the Royal Navy, Royal Air Force and British Army use
"military service" sometimes too, and mention the overall "British Armed
Services", "Her Majesty's Naval Service", etc.

Disclaimer: I don't speak the British dialect of English (aka "Her
Majesty's English?" :-) )

-- Joseph Eisenberg


On Thu, Dec 10, 2020 at 3:55 AM Paul Allen <pla16021 at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> On Thu, 10 Dec 2020 at 07:28, Joseph Eisenberg <joseph.eisenberg at gmail.com>
wrote:
>>
>>
>> So I suggest military_branch=* or military_service=* for the key.
>>
>> Though this is based on my US English understanding of the military
terminology. Do they call them "military service branches" in British
English too?
>
>
> "British Armed Forces."  More formally, "Her Majesty's Armed Forces."  See
> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_Armed_Forces  Not a suitable term
for use
> outside of the UK.  "Armed Forces" would be applicable outside the UK but
> I'm not sure how well it would be understood by, say, the US.  The
Wikipedia
> article says that British Armed Forces are the military services in the
UK,
> so military_service might be the best option.  OTOH, the sidebar of
> that article refers to the Navy, Army and Air Force as service branches,
> so military_branch or military_service_branch would probably work.
>
> --
> Paul
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