service branch
Army or Navy
A service branch is one of the major organizational divisions of a country's armed forces, each responsible for a distinct domain of warfare.
In the United States, the service branches are the Army, Navy, Air Force, Marine Corps, Space Force, and Coast Guard.
He served twenty years in the same service branch as his father.
- ArmyOrganized military body
- Air ForceAerial military branch
- Marine CorpsSea-land combat branch
- National GuardState-level reserve military
- Space ForceMilitary branch for orbit
Coast Guard · Human resources · armed forces · enlisted rank · officer corps · enlistment · commission · reserves · reserve duty · active duty · tour of duty · boot camp · veteran · military · draft · honorable discharge
- Army Recruitmentenlistment, recruits, recruitment center, recruitment office, recruitment drive
- military enlistmentenlistment, recruit, enlisted, induction, recruits
service branchcivil service
Government's administrative workforce
civilian workforce · diplomatic corps · federal agency · private sector · public administration
service branchirregular forces
Unofficial armed combatants
militia · rebel faction · paramilitary group · rebel army · partisan fighters
service, branch, serve, served, server, serving, services, serviced, serviceable