uniformed service

Noun

uniformed service (plural uniformed services)

1. A military organization, or another agency or organization of government in which members wear a uniform.
   • Where the active member is awarded retired pay by his uniformed service for physical disability prior to the completion of the eighteen years of service, the election may be made at the time of retirement.1955, General Accounting Office, Decisions of the Comptroller General of the United States, United States, page 584
   • I explained to him the police organisation and suggested that as the DMP uniformed service took no part whatsoever in anti-Sinn Féin activities – as unlike the RIC they did not do political duty – they should not be alienated by attacks on them.2005, T. Ryle Dwyer, The Squad: And the Intelligence Operations of Michael Collins, page 19
2. Participation in a military organization, or another agency or organization of government in which members wear a uniform.
   • The DoD, under the secretary of defense, operates the vast security community that is in uniformed service for the United States2008, Cynthia Ann Watson, U.S. National Security: A Reference Handbook, page 234