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| NCO |
abbreviation of "noncommissioned officer," an enlisted member of the armed forces with an officer's rank below commissioned or warrant officers, such as a sergeant or corporal in the U.S. Army. |
| noncommissioned officer |
an enlisted member of the armed forces with an officer's rank below commissioned or warrant officers, such as a sergeant or corporal in the U.S. Army. |
| offensive |
an attitude or position of attack; attacking side (of an army or sports team). [1/6 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. |
| platoon sergeant |
in the U.S. Army, the senior noncommissioned officer in a platoon. |
| Post Exchange |
trademark for a retail store on U.S. Army property that sells goods and services to military personnel and their families, and to some civilians; PX. |
| private first class |
a soldier in the U.S. Army or Marine Corps ranking below a corporal and above a private. |
| provost marshal |
an army officer in charge of police functions. [1/2 definitions] |
| PX |
abbreviation of "post exchange," trademark for a retail store on U.S. Army property that sells goods and services to military personnel and their families, and to some civilians. |
| ration |
(pl.) fixed daily supplies, as of food to an army; restricted provisions. [1/5 definitions] |
| regular |
a soldier in the regular army. [1/12 definitions] |
| sans-culotte |
a member of the poorly dressed revolutionary army in the French Revolution. [1/2 definitions] |
| second lieutenant |
the lowest rank of commissioned officer in the U.S. Army, Marines, or Air Force. |
| sepoy |
in India, formerly, a native soldier who served in a European army, esp. the British army. |
| 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] |
| sergeant first class |
in the U.S. Army, a noncommissioned officer who ranks above a staff sergeant and below a master sergeant. |
| sergeant major |
in the U.S. Army and Marine Corps, a noncommissioned officer of the highest rank. [1/3 definitions] |
| Signal Corps |
the U.S. Army branch that handles communications, weather data, and the like. |
| soldier |
a person who serves in the army, esp. an enlisted person as opposed to an officer. [2/3 definitions] |
| specialist |
any of several enlisted ranks in the U.S. Army above the level of private, requiring specific expertise but no exercise of command. [1/3 definitions] |
| staff sergeant |
in the U.S. military, a noncommissioned officer ranking above sergeant and, in the Army, below sergeant first class, in the Air Force, below technical sergeant, and in the Marine Corps, below gunnery sergeant. |
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