(DoD) All Armed Forces (including the Coast Guard) of the United States, any person in the Armed Forces of the United States, and all equipment of any description that either belongs to the US Armed Forces or is being used (including Type I and II Military Sealift Command vessels), escorted, or conveyed by the US Armed Forces.
Department of Defense Dictionary of Military and Associated Terms. 31 January 2011.
| APA | Military Dictionary (DoD). (2011). US forces. Retrieved September 25, 2026, from http://smartdefine.org/us_forces/definitions/1959716 |
| Chicago | Military Dictionary (DoD). 2011. "US forces" http://smartdefine.org/us_forces/definitions/1959716 (accessed September 25, 2026). |
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