paramilitary unit vs personnel

paramilitary unit and personnel both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
paramilitary unit	Yes	No	No	No
personnel	Yes	No	No	No

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

paramilitary unit: a group of civilians organized in a military fashion (especially to operate in place of or to assist regular army troops)
personnel: group of people willing to obey orders

Other hypernyms of paramilitary unit include force.

paramilitary unit (noun)	personnel (noun)
a group of civilians organized in a military fashion (especially to operate in place of or to assist regular army troops)	group of people willing to obey orders
	the department responsible for hiring and training and placing employees and for setting policies for personnel management