grooming, training, preparation - activity leading to skilled behavior

basic training - the initial period of training for new military personnel; involves intense physical activity and behavioral discipline

military drill - training in marching and the use of weapons

maneuver, simulated military operation, manoeuvre - a military training exercise

armed forces, armed services, military, military machine, war machine - the military forces of a nation; "their military is the largest in the region"; "the military machine is the same one we faced in 1991 but now it is weaker"