military personnel vs personnel

military personnel and personnel both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
military personnel	Yes	No	No	No
personnel	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, personnel is a hypernym of military personnel; that is, personnel is a word with a broader meaning than military personnel:

Other hypernyms of military personnel include force.

military personnel (noun)	personnel (noun)
soldiers collectively	group of people willing to obey orders
someone who serves in the armed forces; a member of a military force	the department responsible for hiring and training and placing employees and for setting policies for personnel management