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4.13 Military terms
Capitalize the names and nicknames of military bases, forces and units of all sizes and of exercises:
- Canadian Forces Base Trenton
- Exercise Rapier Thrust
- Mobile Command
- the Blue Berets
- the Canadian Forces
- 450 Helicopter Squadron
Military terms, Note
In Department of National Defence documents, the specific part of an exercise name is written entirely in upper case, e.g. Exercise SILENT DEFENDER.
Use the lower case for general and informal references:
- the Fifth Army
but
- the army
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