military career
Life in uniform
A military career is professional service in the armed forces as one's occupation, typically spanning years or decades rather than a single enlistment.
The phrase implies advancement through ranks and sustained commitment: She built a military career over thirty years in the Navy.
Someone's military career may be distinguished or undistinguished, may end in retirement or discharge.
- enlisted manNon-officer military personnel
- admiralSenior naval commander
- boot campInitial military instruction program
- basic trainingInitial military instruction
- captainOne who commands
sergeant · discipline · drill · colonel · march · medic · war college · family separation · rank · chain of command · tour of duty · combat zone · veteran · promotion · GI Bill · twenty years · honorable discharge · corporal
- Ulysses Grantpresidency, general, Grant's Tomb, Union Army, Appomattox
- Air Forceflying officer, squadron leader, wing commander, group captain, air marshal
- Army Recruitmentenlistment, recruits, recruitment center, recruitment office, recruitment drive
- military enlistmentenlistment, recruit, enlisted, induction, recruits
military careerentrepreneurship
Creating and managing ventures
bohemian lifestyle · self-employment · independent work · nomadic lifestyle · independent contractor
military careerdiplomatic career
Life as state representative
humanitarian work · peace activism · ministry · medical career · social work