service support

…as distinct from the “service support” functions of supply, transportation, hospitalization and evacuation, military justice and discipline, custody of prisoners of war, civil affairs, personnel administration, and nontactical construction (performed by “construction” engineers). Training of combat troops is hardly ever considered a logistic service, whereas training of service troops…

…military units performing specialized logistic services begin to appear in large numbers in the field. By the end of World War II, what was called “service support” comprised about 45 percent of the total strength of the U.S. Army. Only three out of every 10 soldiers had combat functions, and…