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Answer for the clue "Woo army officer, we hear, with this military action ", 13 letters:
court martial

Word definitions for court martial in dictionaries

Wikipedia Word definitions in Wikipedia
Court Martial is an ITC Entertainment and Roncom Productions co-production crime drama TV series that premiered in 1966. Set during World War II , the series details the investigations of a Judge Advocate General 's office. The series ran for one 26-episode ...

Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
also court-martial , 1650s (plural courts martial ), originally martial court (1570s), from court + martial . As a verb, from 1859.

Wiktionary Word definitions in Wiktionary
alt. A court where cases of military law are heard. n. A court where cases of military law are heard. vb. To bring court martial proceedings against someone.

Usage examples of court martial.

The ship still looked a mess to the untrained eye, but she would be ready long before the court martial reached a verdict on the mutineers.

Not striking me - although he did - because that means he'd have to be tried by court martial and could hang.

Maria would have stood by him during the court martial, and whatever the verdict, she would never have believed him to be at fault.

It was only this morning, thought Hornblower, his head whirling, that he had been sitting listening to the evidence at his court martial.