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  • adjective US Involving relationships between branches of the armed services.

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inter- +‎ service

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Examples

  • Outcomes of the British efforts to dictate overall strategic pressure were the self-protective attempts at interservice cooperation that resulted in the creation of the U.S. Joint Chiefs of Staff and the principal continuing mechanism for British-American wartime coordination, the Combined Chiefs of Staff CCS organization.

    Between War and Peace Col. Matthew Moten 2011

  • Popular and institutional memories also ignored the real operational lessons of Plattsburgh: the strategic resilience of a professional army when supported by an expansible militia; the necessity of close interservice cooperation; and the necessity for expeditionary-capable logistical support when operating in lightly populated wilderness.

    Between War and Peace Col. Matthew Moten 2011

  • Also in 1947, building on the wartime Joint Chiefs of Staff as a mechanism for interservice cooperation, a single Department of Defense, responsible for overseeing all activities of the armed forces and reporting directly to the White House, was established.

    Between War and Peace Col. Matthew Moten 2011

  • The Burke documents date from internal Navy and interservice memoranda arguing the merits of each leg of the triad.

    How the End Begins Ron Rosenbaum 2011

  • A lack of translators, unfamiliarity with interservice protocol and different approaches to decision making are among the problems that have slowed down the pace, they say.

    U.S. Marines Build Aid Slowly Chester Dawson 2011

  • Popular and institutional memories also ignored the real operational lessons of Plattsburgh: the strategic resilience of a professional army when supported by an expansible militia; the necessity of close interservice cooperation; and the necessity for expeditionary-capable logistical support when operating in lightly populated wilderness.

    Between War and Peace Col. Matthew Moten 2011

  • Because of interservice rivalry, the Army sent FDR reports from Magic on odd-numbered months, the Navy sent them on the even-numbered ones.

    Wild Bill Donovan Douglas Waller 2011

  • The Burke documents date from internal Navy and interservice memoranda arguing the merits of each leg of the triad.

    How the End Begins Ron Rosenbaum 2011

  • Outcomes of the British efforts to dictate overall strategic pressure were the self-protective attempts at interservice cooperation that resulted in the creation of the U.S. Joint Chiefs of Staff and the principal continuing mechanism for British-American wartime coordination, the Combined Chiefs of Staff CCS organization.

    Between War and Peace Col. Matthew Moten 2011

  • Because of interservice rivalry, the Army sent FDR reports from Magic on odd-numbered months, the Navy sent them on the even-numbered ones.

    Wild Bill Donovan Douglas Waller 2011

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  • Military

    involving or taking place between different branches of the military

    July 1, 2009