corporals
Privates' immediate superiors
Corporals is the plural of corporal, a low-ranking noncommissioned officer in the military, typically above private and below sergeant.
A corporal usually leads a small unit of soldiers: The corporals drilled their squads at dawn.
The rank exists in most armies and marine corps worldwide.
Mid-level military rank
- privateRestricted to certain parties
- specialistExpert in one field
- bombardierPlane's payload releaser
- noncommissionedLacking official officer appointment
Organized land-based military
- marinesNaval infantry soldiers
- infantryGround combat troops
- barracksSoldiers' residential building
- garrisonStationed military force
deployment · uniform · insignia · stripes · regiment · battalion · company · base
Trained self-control or specialty
- trainingDeveloping abilities through practice
- inspectionFormal assessment of condition
- supervisionOverseeing people or processes
- mentoringAdvising someone less experienced
patrol · watch · formations · accountability · reporting · orders · briefing · command
Beating as punishment
- lashesEye-fringing hairs
- caningStriking with a rod
- whippingRepeated striking blows
- cat-o-nine-tailsBraided whip for flogging
discipline · historical · strokes · birching · maritime · sentence · mutiny · offense
sergeant
Mid-level military rank
- privateRestricted to certain parties
- specialistExpert in one field
- bombardierPlane's payload releaser
noncommissioned · chevrons · promotion · demotion · enlisted
army
Organized land-based military
garrison · deployment · uniform · insignia · stripes · regiment · battalion · company · base · quarters
discipline
Trained self-control or specialty
- trainingDeveloping abilities through practice
- inspectionFormal assessment of condition
- supervisionOverseeing people or processes
mentoring · patrol · watch · formations · accountability · reporting · orders · briefing · command
flogging
Beating as punishment
cat-o-nine-tails · discipline · historical · strokes · birching · maritime · sentence · mutiny · offense
- Terciospikemen, musketeers, halberdiers, captains, sergeants
- armyinfantry, cavalry, soldiers, artillery, officers
- militarysoldiers, army, troops, officers, navy
- military personnelsoldiers, soldier, midshipmen, officers, troops
- soldiersinfantryman, private, grenadier, grenadiers, fusilier
- British militaryBritish Army, Royal Air Force, Royal Navy, RAF, brigade
corporalsgenerals
Broad statements or commanders
privates · admirals · field marshals · sergeants · colonels
corporalshigh command
Senior military leadership
commanding officers · top brass · military leadership · commanders-in-chief · brass
- corporate espionageTheft of proprietary business information
- shell corporationsLegally registered but inactive businesses
- corporate brandingCompany's distinctive visual presence
- corporate ladderOrganizational rank structure
- corporate scandalsOrganizational wrongdoing made public
- corporate attire
corporation, incorporate, corporate, corporal, incorporation, incorporated, corporations, incorporating, incorporates