title: Military order
text: # Military order
  
  Military order may refer to:
  
  ## Orders
  
  * Military order (religious society), confraternity of knights originally established as religious societies during the medieval Crusades for protection of Christianity and the Catholic Church
  
  ## Military organisation and terms
  
  * Military order (instruction), including an individual command by an armed forces officer to a person under his command
     * General order, a published directive originated by a commander of a military organization
     * Operations order, an executable plan that directs a unit on how to conduct a military operation
     * Close order drill, a form of military parade for ceremonial purposes
  * Martial law, order and security maintained by the military when government or civilian authorities fail to function effectively
  * Military justice or military law, a body of laws and procedures governing members of the armed forces
  