logistic support

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logistic support

Logistic support encompasses the logistic services, materiel, and transportation required to support the continental United States-based and worldwide deployed forces.

Dictionary of Military and Associated Terms. US Department of Defense 2005.

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logistic support - assistance between and within military commands

logistic assistance

support - the activity of providing for or maintaining by supplying with money or necessities; "his support kept the family together"; "they gave him emotional support during difficult times"

integrated logistic support - the pooling of specific resources by subscribing nations for the support of some joint operation

international logistic support, mutual aid - arrangements made between nations to assist each other

interagency support, interdepartmental support - provision of logistic (or administrative) support by one or more of the military services to one or more departments or agencies of the United States government

inter-service support - action by one military service to provide logistic (or administrative) support to another military service

armed forces, armed services, military, military machine, war machine - the military forces of a nation; "their military is the largest in the region"; "the military machine is the same one we faced in 1991 but now it is weaker"

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