1.  personnel(n = noun.group) force - group of people willing to obey orders; "a public force is necessary to give security to the rights of citizens"
is a kind of organisation, organization
has particulars: guerilla force, guerrilla force, armed service, military service, service, armed forces, armed services, military, military machine, war machine, paramilitary, paramilitary force, paramilitary organisation, paramilitary organization, paramilitary unit, constabulary, law, police, police force, private security force, security force, military police, mp, hands, manpower, men, work force, workforce, patrol, military personnel, soldiery, troops, rank, rank and file, staff, line personnel, management personnel

2.  personnel(n = noun.group) personnel department, personnel office, staff office - the department responsible for hiring and training and placing employees and for setting policies for personnel management;
is a kind of department, section

   The body of persons employed in some public service, as the army, navy, etc.; -- distinguished from matériel. [1913 Webster]

personnel, n. a body of employees, persons involved in a public undertaking, armed forces, etc.

Idiom:
personnel carrier an armoured vehicle for transporting troops etc. personnel department etc. the part of an organization concerned with the appointment, training, and welfare of employees.

Etymology:
F, orig. adj. = personal

N  component, component part, integral part, integrant part, element, constituent, ingredient, leaven, part and parcel, contents, appurtenance, feature, member, personnel, forming, inclusive.

N  doer, actor, agent, performer, perpetrator, operator, executor, executrix, practitioner, worker, stager, bee, ant, working bee, termite, white ant, laboring oar, servant of all work, factotum, workman, artisan, craftsman, handicraftsman, mechanic, operative, working man, laboring man, demiurgus, hewers of wood and drawers of water, laborer, navvy, hand, man, day laborer, journeyman, charwoman, hack, mere tool, beast of burden, drudge, fag, lumper, roustabout, maker, artificer, artist, wright, manufacturer, architect, builder, mason, bricklayer, smith, forger, Vulcan, carpenter, ganger, platelayer, blacksmith, locksmith, sailmaker, wheelwright, machinist, mechanician, engineer, sempstress, semstress, seamstress, needlewoman, workwoman, tailor, cordwainer, minister, servant, representative, coworker, party to, participator in, particeps criminis, dramatis personae, personnel, quorum pars magna fui, faber est quisque fortunae suae.

armored personnel carrier, armoured personnel carrier, line personnel, management personnel, military personnel, personnel carrier, personnel casualty, personnel department, personnel office, personnel pouch