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The Maritime Search and Rescue is the Mexican Coast Guard, and is the rescue portion of the Mexican Navy.
The Mexican Navy is Mexico's naval military operations. They are the largest Navy in Latin America.
A list and grouping of military jargon in games
Multiple endings is a term used to describe different outcomes or conclusions to a game based on the previous actions of the player.
Special ops branch of the US Navy and former or current employer of many game characters.
Members of the German National Socialist Party, which controlled Germany from January 1933 unto the end of World War II in May 1945. Nazis and characters inspired by them are often used as villains in video games.
Despite his inexperience, the New Guy has saved the world more times than any veteran.
The New Republic was founded during the final years of the Galactic Civil War to help rebuild the Galactic Republic.
Nuclear war is a conflict in which nuclear weapons are used.
Orbital Drop Shock Troopers (A.K.A. Helljumpers) are UNSC special forces from the Halo franchise. They are considered the best of the best of the natural Humans; only the cybernetically and surgically-enhanced Spartan supersoldiers outperform the ODSTs.
Describes a situation where weapons and other equipment must be acquired from the environment, rather than being carried there.
A circumstance in video games where the player will defeat large numbers of enemies without any assistance from AI or other players. This may occur for part of a game or the entirety of it.
Orcs/Orks/Orques are a fictional race of tough humanlike creatures, often with green or black skin, originally coming from the Saxon word for the Normans during the invasion, meaning demon or foreigner.
Military Jargon that means "on the move".
A term referring to those obsessed with a specific field of interest, especially anime and manga.
The political thriller is a story, often action-oriented, that tends to revolve around two or more nations struggling to gain power. Outcomes are usually found through military confrontations, covert wars, and back alley negotiating.
PMCs provide mercenary soldiers and/or military consultancy to those in need of such services in exchange for payment. They are an increasingly integral, and often controversial, part of many modern wars and conflicts.
A way of attempting to control a population via media.
Protoss is one of three major races in Starcraft. A noble and powerful race.
The ability to automatically assign fresh troops to a designated location.
Rat Patrol is a 4-man-squad in MGS4, working for the United States Army Criminal Investigation Command.
The Alliance to Restore the Republic is a rag-tag band of freedom fighters that opposes the Galactic Empire during the Galactic Civil War.
Games that have the purpose of trying to get people to join their organization.
Red tape is an idiom that refers to excessive regulation or rigid conformity to formal legislation that is considered redundant or bureaucratic and hinders or prevents action or decision-making.
The Roman Empire was an empire that was founded in 31 BC and lasted until 476 AD. At their peak, they ruled most of the Mediterranean region, including most of Europe and parts of the Middle East and North Africa
In the Star Trek universe, a race of aliens from the planet Romulus. They are an offshoot of the Vulcan race, and abandoned their brethren's logical ways for the cold brutality of war and conquest.
Many games feature a story which involves saving the world and its inhabitants, often single handedly.
A hairstyle, sans hair.
Soldiers trained by the Galactic Empire for deployment in cold climates.
Any person that is in an Army.
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