military issue

Examples

• All

• The soldier was proud to wear his military issue uniform during the ceremony.

• Military people must be scrupulously honest with each other when there is some military issue at hand.

  Academic text (1997)

• She liberated the military's technology, American know-how, American hardware, American dollars, and military issue. She brought it all home.

  Fiction book (1992)

• In one of his rucksacks was a military-issue P-38 can opener, and before leaving, he intended to visit the riverfront and give the dog something nourishing as a parting gift.

  Fiction book (1993)

• She was screaming at him, him at her, as they tried to talk over the searing lead guitar of one Doppler Donovan, who wore a cowboy hat on his head and military-issue, jungle-style combat boots on his feet.

  Fiction book (1993)

• During the training exercise, each recruit was given military issue gear to ensure uniformity.

• The supply truck delivered vital military issue supplies, including food and ammunition, to the front lines.

Synonyms

M

materiel

vsmilitary issue

• Specialized

4 8.8

Equipment and supplies used by an army

is about items officially provided to armed units rather than just used

G

government issue

vsmilitary issue

3 3.5

Supplies like uniforms or food given by the government to soldiers

is provided directly by the armed forces rather than by the government

E

equipage

vsmilitary issue

• Archaic

9.9

The tools, supplies, and wagons an army uses during a march or campaign

is supplied officially by the armed forces rather than simply used in campaigns

Surface Forms

Morphology

Etymology