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Interservice rivalry is a military term referring to rivalries that can arise between different branches of a country's armed forces, such as between a nation's land forces (army) and naval forces. The armed forces of a state are its government sponsored defense and fighting forces and organizations. ...
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The multinational Combined Task Force One Five Zero (CTF-150) The British Grand Fleet, the supreme naval force of World War I A rare occurrence of a 5-country multinational fleet, during Operation Enduring Freedom in the Oman Sea. ...
Interservice rivalry can occur over such topics as the appropriation of military budget or over the possession of certain types of weapons. The latter case can arise, for example, when the navy operates an aircraft carrier, which may be viewed by the air force as an infringement of its traditional responsibilities. A military budget of an entity, most often a nation or a state is the budget and financial resources dedicated to raising and maintaining armed forces for that entity. ...
Four aircraft carriers, Principe-de-Asturias, USS Wasp, USS Forrestal and HMS Invincible (front-to-back), showing the difference in size between a supercarrier, light V/STOL carriers, and an amphibious carrier. ...
An Air force is a military or armed service that primarily conducts aerial warfare. ...
Such rivalries are often seen as negative influences on the effectiveness of a country's armed forces. For example, the U.S. Department of Defense was originally created to provide overall coordination for the various branches of the U.S. armed services, whose infighting was seen as detrimental to military effectiveness during World War II. The United States Department of Defense, abbreviated DoD or DOD and sometimes called the Defense Department, is a civilian Cabinet organization of the United States government. ...
Combatants Major Allied powers: United Kingdom Soviet Union United States Republic of China and others Major Axis powers: Nazi Germany Italy Japan and others Commanders Winston Churchill Joseph Stalin Franklin Roosevelt Harry Truman Chiang Kai-Shek Adolf Hitler Benito Mussolini Hideki Tojo Casualties Military dead: 17,000,000 Civilian dead...
In some ways, however, interservice rivalries can encourage positive outcomes, such as improving the esprit de corps of a given branch of the military. Morale measures the degree to which people hold to belief. ...
It should be noted as well that in an effort to curb the nastier side of interservice rivalry, in order to be a Flag or General Officer, an Officer must have at least two joint tours. At times, Officers in these positions are referred to as "wearing purple," a reference to the Army's green, the Marine's navy blue, the Air Force's blue, and the Navy's white uniforms.
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