professional soldier
Paid military servicemember
A professional soldier is someone who serves in the military as a paid career rather than as a conscript or volunteer during wartime.
The term distinguishes career military personnel from citizen-soldiers, reservists, or those drafted into service: The army shifted from conscription to an all-volunteer force of professional soldiers.
Professional soldiers typically receive specialized training and make long-term commitments to military service.
- marksmanshipAccuracy in shooting
- combat trainingMilitary fighting instruction
- infantrymanGround-based combat soldier
- rifleLong-barreled shoulder weapon
- mercenarySoldier fighting for pay
legionary · cavalryman · loyalty · samurai · sniper · hand-to-hand combat · honor · code of conduct · knight · sacrifice · officer · body armor · rules of engagement · logistics · duty · military discipline · chain of command · sergeant
professional soldierconscript
Compulsory military enrollee
draftee · reservist · volunteer · irregular · citizen soldier
professional soldiercivilian
Non-military person
noncombatant · pacifist · conscientious objector · private citizen · bystander
professional soldierraw recruit
Untrained new soldier
guerrilla · partisan · insurgent · feudal levy · irregular
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