"Ron Natalie" wrote in message
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The Coast Guard describes itself as a "military, multimission, maratine
service
and one of the nations five Armed Services."


Well, if one wants to use a broad definition, there are certainly more than
five armed services in the US. If one wants to use a narrow, more
traditional definition, the DoD is divided into just three services; the
Departments of the Army, Navy, and Air Force.