enlisted soldier
Non-commissioned military member
An enlisted soldier is a member of the military who holds a rank below commissioned officer, having joined through enlistment rather than receiving a commission.
Enlisted personnel form the bulk of armed forces, performing most combat and operational duties.
They may rise through noncommissioned ranks like sergeant or petty officer: He served twenty years as an enlisted soldier before retiring.
- privateRestricted to certain parties
- recruitNew member sought
- boot campInitial military instruction program
- infantryGround combat troops
- barracksSoldiers' residential building
uniform · boots · drill · yes sir · sergeant · chain of command · platoon · rifle · deployment · tour of duty · on leave · fatigues · grunt · trooper · rank · rank and file · salute · army brat
- oath takersjuror, naturalized citizen, police officer, elected official, commissioned officer
- underlingsunderling, underlings, subordinate, minions, minion
- federal employeesfederal employees, FBI agent, federal workers, CIA agent, civil servants
enlisted soldiercommissioned officer
Formally appointed military leader
officer · general · admiral · commanding officer · colonel
enlisted soldiercivilian
Non-military person
noncombatant · private citizen · civilian population · conscientious objector · pacifist
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