Vast ocean liner I damaged in work for armed forces? (8,7)
I believe the answer is:
national service
'work for armed forces?' is the definition.
I can't judge whether this definition defines the answer.
'vast ocean liner i damaged' is the wordplay.
'damaged' indicates anagramming the letters.
'vast'+'ocean'+'liner'+'i'='vastoceanlineri'
'vastoceanlineri' anagrammed gives 'NATIONAL SERVICE'.
'in' acts as a link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for national service that I've seen before include "Period of compulsory conscription" , "Period of peacetime conscription" , "What conscripts had to do" , "In a period with the military" , "Compulsory period in the forces" .)