Definition of "sustainment" []

• The act of sustaining something (noun)

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• "In their paper, the officers argue that the United States has to move from "containment" - the foreign policy established after World War II to limit the expansion and influence of the Soviet Union - to what they call "sustainment" or sustainability."
• "GRANGE: Well, there's really emergency response requirements that are necessary, and then there are some long-term sustainment support."
• "Globemaster III Sustainment Partnership contract, including program management; sustaining logistics; material and equipment management; sustainment engineering; depot level aircraft maintenance; engine management; long term sustainment planning; air logistics center partnering support; depot activation; and support of Air Force and Foreign Military Sales operator of the C-17."