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DEFENSE LOGISTICS AGENCY
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A logistics combat support agency in the Department of Defense; provides worldwide support for military missions
Classified under:
Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects
Hypernyms ("Defense Logistics Agency" is a kind of...):
agency; authority; bureau; federal agency; government agency; office (an administrative unit of government)
Meronyms (parts of "Defense Logistics Agency"):
Defense Reutilization and Marketing Service; DRMS (the organization in the Defense Logistics Agency that inventories and evaluates and sells reusable United States government surplus)
Holonyms ("Defense Logistics Agency" is a part of...):
Defense; Defense Department; Department of Defense; DoD; United States Department of Defense (the federal department responsible for safeguarding national security of the United States; created in 1947)