| adjutant general |
a staff officer who serves as chief administrative assistant to the commanding officer of an army corps or division. [1/3 definitions] |
| Anzac |
a soldier in the Australian and New Zealand Army Corps during World War I (acronym for "Australia and New Zealand Army Corps"). [1/2 definitions] |
| CCC |
abbreviation of "Civilian Conservation Corps," the New Deal program in the U.S. (1933-42) that provided conservation work for the unemployed during the Great Depression, through activities such as constructing and maintaining buildings and trails for state and national parks. |
| commandant |
the commanding officer of a military post or of a military organization such as the U.S. Marine Corps. |
| corporal2 |
a noncommissioned officer in the U.S. Army, Air Force, or Marine Corps ranked below sergeant and above private first class. |
| corpsman |
a member of a military medical unit or a civilian paramedical corps. |
| corpswoman |
a female member of a military medical unit or a civilian paramedical corps. |
| Cpl. |
abbreviation of "Corporal," a noncommissioned officer in the U.S. Army, Air Force, or Marine Corps ranked below sergeant and above private first class (used in a proper name). |
| drum major |
the leader of a marching band or drum corps, who beats time and often performs twirling tricks with a baton. |
| gunnery sergeant |
in the U.S. Marine Corps, a noncommissioned officer ranking below a master or first sergeant and above a staff sergeant. |
| John F. Kennedy |
the 35th President of the United States (1961-1963), who pursued a foreign policy of anti-Communism, established the Peace Corps, and worked for civil rights in the United States. He was assassinated in Dallas, Texas on November 22, 1963 (b.1917--d.1963). |
| lance corporal |
in the U.S. Marine Corps, the rank above that of private first class and below that of corporal. |
| lieutenant |
in the U.S. Air Force, Army, or Marine Corps, an officer ranking just below captain; first lieutenant. [2/5 definitions] |
| marine |
of or concerning marines, esp. the U.S. Marine Corps. [2/7 definitions] |
| medic1 |
a member of the medical corps in the military. [1/2 definitions] |
| PFC |
abbreviation of "private first class," a soldier in the U.S. Army or Marine Corps ranking below a corporal and above a private. |
| private first class |
a soldier in the U.S. Army or Marine Corps ranking below a corporal and above a private. |
| ROTC |
abbreviation of "Reserve Officers' Training Corps." |
| Seabee |
a member of the Civil Engineer Corps of the U.S. Navy that constructs harbor facilities, airfields, and the like (acronym for "Construction Battalion"). |
| semper fidelis |
(Latin) always faithful (used as the motto of the U.S. Marine Corps). |
| sergeant |
in the U.S. Army, Marine Corps, or Air Force, any of several ranks of noncommissioned officers above the rank of corporal or airman first class. [1/4 definitions] |