page_title: Combat service support
section_title: United Kingdom
hierarchical_section_title: Combat service support / United Kingdom
caption_attribution_description: English: The British Army in the Normandy Campaign 1944 Royal Army Medical Corps nurses and women of the Queen Alexandra's Imperial Military Nursing Service (QAIMNS) carry a wounded soldier out of the operating tent at the 79th General Hospital at Bayeux, 20 June 1944.
context_page_description: The term combat service support is utilized by numerous military organizations throughout the world to describe entities that provide direct and indirect sustainment services to the groups that engage in combat.
context_section_description: Defense Secretary Philip Hammond has described the United Kingdom's armed forces as having "teeth", units that are trained and equipped for actual fighting, that cannot function without an able, innovative "tail", units providing assistance such as logistical and transport capabilities. Specific groups involved in the U.K. armed forces include the Royal Army Medical Corps and Royal Logistic Corps.
caption: Operation Overlord: Members of the Royal Army Medical Corps carry a wounded soldier out an operating tent on 20 June 1944.
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