military service

/ˌmɪləˈtɛri ˌsʌrvəs/

/ˈmɪlətri ˈsʌvɪs/

Other forms: military services

Definitions of military service

1. noun

   a force that is a branch of the armed forces
   synonyms: armed service, service

   types:

   army, ground forces, regular army

   a permanent organization of the military land forces of a nation or state

   naval forces, navy

   an organization of military vessels belonging to a country and available for sea warfare

   coastguard

   a military service responsible for the safety of maritime traffic in coastal waters

   Marines

   members of a body of troops trained to serve on land or at sea

   air force, airforce

   the airborne branch of a country's armed forces

   host, legion

   archaic terms for army

   U. S. Coast Guard, US Coast Guard, United States Coast Guard

   an agency of the Department of Transportation responsible for patrolling shores and facilitating nautical commerce

   Marine Corps, US Marine Corps, USMC, United States Marine Corps, United States Marines

   an amphibious division of the United States Navy

   Air Corps

   formerly the airborne division of the United States Army

   RAF, Royal Air Force

   the airforce of Great Britain

   German Luftwaffe, Luftwaffe

   the German airforce

   standing army

   a permanent army of paid soldiers

   Union Army

   the northern army during the American Civil War

   Army of the Confederacy, Confederate Army

   the southern army during the American Civil War

   Continental Army

   the American army during the American Revolution

   type of:

   force, personnel

   group of people willing to obey orders
2. noun

   land tenure by service in the lord's army
   type of:

   service

   (law) the acts performed by an English feudal tenant for the benefit of his lord which formed the consideration for the property granted to him