career soldier
Enlisted for life
A career soldier is someone who has made military service their profession rather than serving temporarily.
Unlike conscripts or those who enlist for a single term, career soldiers commit to long-term service, often spanning decades until retirement.
He was a career soldier who rose through the ranks to general.
The term emphasizes that soldiering is their chosen livelihood, not a brief obligation or stepping stone.
- veteranExperienced former soldier
- militaryArmed forces collectively
- liferPrisoner without release
- twenty yearsPair of decades
- enlistedSigned up formally
army · active duty · combat · tour of duty · service · duty · officer · chain of command · infantry · deployment · barracks · uniform · dog tags · rank · battalion · warrior · professional · pension
- job securityjob security, job protection, job retention, permanent position, job stability
- Veteransveteran, vets, war veteran, war veterans, VA
- enlisted soldiersprivate, corporal, sergeant, enlisted man, recruit
career soldierdraftee
One conscripted for service
conscript · short-timer · weekend warrior · reservist · citizen soldier
career soldiercivilian
Non-military person
pacifist · conscientious objector · draft dodger · noncombatant · private citizen
career, careers, careered, careering, careerism, careerist, careerists, soldier, soldiers