United States Air Force. The aviation branch of the United States armed forces, made up of the Regular Air Force (standing air force), the Air Force Reserve, and the Air National Guard. • The United States Air Force is under the authority of the U.S. Department of the Air Force. — Abbr. USAF.
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United States Marine Corps. The military service within the United States Navy whose forces are trained for land, sea, and air combat. • The United States Marine Corps is a separate service within the United States Navy under the authority of the U.S. Department of the Navy. — Abbr. USMC.
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United States Army. The land-combat and land-operations branch of the United States armed forces. • This branch includes supporting air- and water-transport services such as the Army Air Corps. The Army includes the Regular Army (the standing force), the Army Reserve, and the Army National Guard when in active federal service, as in time of
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statute of limitations. 1. A law that bars claims after a specified period; specif., a statute establishing a time limit for suing in a civil case, based on the date when the claim accrued (as when the injury occurred or was discovered). • The purpose of such a statute is to require diligent prosecution of
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war. 1. Hostile conflict by means of armed forces, carried on between nations, states, or rulers, or sometimes between parties within the same nation or state; a period of such conflict (the Gulf War). • A state of war may also exist without armed conflict; for example, the treaty formally ending the World War II
executive agency. An executive-branch department whose activities are subject to statute and whose contracts are subject to judicial review. • One example is the Army and Air Force Exchange Service. [Cases: Administrative Law and Procedure 301–513; United States 30. C.J.S. Public Administrative Law and Procedure §§ 49–171; United States§ 49.]