(DoD) Those units designed to render supply, maintenance, transportation, evacuation, hospitalization, and other services required by air and ground combat units to carry out effectively their mission in combat. See also combat service support elements; troops.
Department of Defense Dictionary of Military and Associated Terms. 31 January 2011.
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