I'm not in the army, I'm a civilian contractor working in Afghanistan.
There are booth civilians and soldiers.
The civilians united in the face of a common threat.
civilian /səˈvɪliən; US / noun [countable] a person who is not in the army, navy, air force or police force Two soldiers and one civilian were killed when the bomb exploded. He left the army and returned to civilian life.
Anglais mot "cywil"(civilian) se produit dans des ensembles: