The word "civilian" is correct and usable in written English.
You can use it to refer to people who are not members of the police, the military, or other government organizations. For example: "The civilian population of the city has been evacuated to safety due to the upcoming military exercises."
"We should not compromise our own interests to the extent of jeopardising the web of civilian and military exchanges that are at the heart of the relationship, or cut our aid program – intended to improve the lives of ordinary Indonesians.
One of the challenges many veterans face is "translating their experience into civilian terminology", says Peña.
But we have consistently made clear our grave concerns about the heavy toll of civilian casualties and have called on Israel to exercise restraint, and to find ways to bring this fighting to an end.
On Monday, the prime minister's spokesman refused to say if Israel was behaving disproportionately or doing enough to prevent civilian casualties.
There was a nod to civilian life in Pakistan with a series of floats, including one bearing a pair of roaring electronic dinosaurs and others for each of country's different regions – the mountainous north was represented by men dressed as mountaineers pretending to scale a model of K2.
The fright began on Asian markets on Sunday when Standard Life shares fell by 4%, or £400m, while shares in the engineering firms Babcock International – which runs civilian operations at Faslane submarine base and Rosyth naval dockyard – dropped 4.2%, or £233m, and Glasgow-based Weir Group fell by 1.8%, or £100m.
The video clip is the same as one that was the subject of a similar investigation within Merseyside police a couple of months ago, where 10 uniformed officers and three civilian staff were disciplined.
A vigilante leader in Borno, Danlami Ajaokuta, whose civilian fighters have been working with the military in the region to fight Boko Haram, said security forces had ordered the closure of all businesses in the city given the apparently coordinated nature of the bombings and the fear there could be more.
From a Kurdish watchtower – reached via a metal ladder – a few civilian vehicles were visible in the far distance.
Mr Al-Khawaja's life sentence was due to be reviewed before a civilian court on 2 April 2012.
The US system of listening comprises a military command controlling a large civilian workforce.
