Uniformed Services

Uniformed services are bodies of people in the employ of a state that wear a uniform.

Typically the uniformed services of a state include:

  • the country's armed services
  • the police
  • the fire and rescue service
  • paramedics

In some countries the following may also be included:

  • tax or customs officials
  • immigration service officers
  • the coast guard
  • Lighthouse Authority personnel

Famous quotes containing the word services:

    “Working women today are trying to achieve in the work world what men have achieved all along—but men have always had the help of a woman at home who took care of all the other details of living! Today the working woman is also that woman at home, and without support services in the workplace and a respect for the work women do within and outside the home, the attempt to do both is taking its toll—on women, on men, and on our children.”
    —Jeanne Elium (20th century)