enlisted men
Non-commissioned military personnel
Enlisted men are military personnel who are not officers—those who enlist rather than receive commissions.
The term distinguishes rank-and-file soldiers, sailors, and airmen from the officer class.
Now often replaced by the gender-neutral *enlisted personnel* or simply *enlisted*: Three officers and twelve enlisted men were injured in the attack.
- boot campInitial military instruction program
- basic trainingInitial military instruction
- infantrymanGround-based combat soldier
- conscriptionMandatory military enrollment
- tour of dutyAssigned period of service
corporal · private · medic · esprit de corps · airman · lance corporal · drill instructor · yes sir · chain of command · GI · staff sergeant · specialist · rank and file · dog tags · mechanic · physical fitness test · combat readiness · master sergeant
- armyinfantry, cavalry, soldiers, artillery, officers
- military personnelsoldiers, soldier, midshipmen, officers, troops
- historical warfaremusket, bayonet, cannon, flintlock, cavalry
- military historybattles, soldiers, campaigns, officers, battlefields
- colonial militaryredcoats, militia, minutemen, Continental Army, musket
- French Infantry WWIIfoot soldiers, riflemen, infantry units, platoons, battalions
enlisted menofficers
Those holding authority
commissioned officers · brass · commanding officers · generals · admirals
enlisted mencivilians
Non-military population
noncombatants · civilian population · draft dodgers · conscientious objectors · civvies
enlist, enlists, enlisting, enlisted, enlistment, enlistments, list, lists, listed