Why are privates called privates in the military?
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That's a private military secret.  If I tolk you, then you would have to kill me.  Just keep it as old old french joke about "Privee".  And don't let anyone know that its private.
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They receive a warrant granting them authority from the Secretary of Defense, but are not granted a commission by the Senate of the United States.  Except in the Navy, they are specialty officers.  In the Navy they actually hold command positions within a ship.
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I don't.  Why would I?  You volunteer to defend a free society so that people can choose the life they want.  For some, that life is in the military.  For others, it's elsewhere.  Being part of a free society means you acknowledge the validity of other people's choices.  You fight so that they can have that.
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The U.S. Military was one of the first workplaces to treat African Americans with respect and become fully integrated.\n\nThe reason is simple. In the military your desire is to be surrounded by the best, period. Descrimination in the military against better qualified minorities just gets troop killed.\n\nWhen life or death decisions are being made, a meritocracy is the only way to go.
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The term "private citizen" usually refers to a person acting as an individual, rather than acting on behalf of some corporation or govt agency.\n\nAs far as the benefits of citizenship, that is a huge broad question, and varies depending on state/province or country.
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In the Army, it means Rest and Recuperation - NOT Rest and Relaxation.\n\nA soldier can relax anywhere, but often needs the alcohol and hookers found in the rear to recuperate. :-)
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Yeah, they're all gay.  The military goes around screening the people and only let the gay ones join.  This has to be one of the most ignorant questions I've seen.
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Traditionally the address "Sir" is reserved for commissoned officers in most military forces. Some will include warrant officers as well.\n\nBut never will an enlisted man be call "Sir" while on duty and in uniform. His wife or children at home might well be inclined to call him "Sir", but that is a private matter.
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No because private contractors focus on making money rather than providing good service.  When the military provides for itself it is focused on the service.  Profits reaped by private contractors are resources that are being diverted from the service.
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Actually it isn't all military persons, but the Marines that were given that name.\n\nThe German Army coined this term of respect for U.S. Marines during World War I. In the summer of 1918 the German Army was driving toward Paris. The French Army was in full retreat. In a desperate effort to save Paris, the newly arrived U.S. Marines were thrown into the breach. In June 1918, in bitter fighting lasting for weeks, Marines repeatedly repulsed the Germans in Belleau Wood. The German drive toward Paris sputtered, fizzled, and died. Then the Marines attacked and swept the Germans back out of Belleau Wood. Paris had been saved. The tide of war had turned. Five months later Germany would be forced to accept an armistice. The battle tenacity and fury of the U.S. Marines had stunned the Germans. In their official reports they called the Marines "teufel hunden," meaning Devil Dogs, the ferocious mountain dogs of Bavarian folklore.\n\nhttp://www.usmcpress.com/heritage/usmc_terms.htm
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Good question, I've noticed this too.  When I was younger, a troop was a group of people, like a Boy Scout troop, although the exact number comprising said troop, especially in the case of Boy Scouts, always seemed indeterminate.  But for a long time now, I've noticed, as you have, that "troop", especially in the news media, means "soldier", although having said that, the term is never, to my knowledge, used in the singular.  You never hear of "a troop" being killed in the war, if it's only a single person, it's "a soldier" was killed in the war.\n\nSo if "troops" means "soldiers", i guess it's still a "group noun" of sorts, which begs an interesting question...if you can have a troop of soldiers, can you have a troop of troops?  If you have lots and lots of them, do you have troops of troops?\n\nCrikey, isn't the English language wonderful?
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Specialist 4th Class.  They are often called Spec fours.  \n\nBasically you join up and are a private E-1 through basic training.  Next rank is private E-2, then moving up to Private First Class E-3.  Then it gets a little more complicated.  E-4 is either a Specialist 4th Class or a Corporal.  The difference between the two is that a Corporal is a leadership position.  Specialist is just that, a specialist.  After than come the Sergeant ranks.  Might just be easier looking at the link below.
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By their Rank, if Officers (Sir or Ma'am), if Enlisted (rank), just address with RESPECT -- because they have served, are serving, and deserve the respect for VOLUNTEERING to do what others are unwilling ... that is:  "Support and Defend the Constitution of the US".\n\nThis is the appropriate way to address any Military Servicemember -- whether they serve in the Army, Navy, Air Force, Marines, or Coast Guard.
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Well, if you were in a "need to know" position you wouldn't be asking this question. So, with that said...NUNYA...that would be None ya business!!! In the military, we call that OPSEC....or Operational Security for you civilians. We train in secrecy so the bad guys don't know what's coming. So, if any of you idiots out there are thinking of answering this question...remember it deals with Nation Security.
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private\nprivate(2)\nprivate first class\ncorporal or specialist(corporl has leadership responsibilties, specialist doesn't)\nsergeant\nstaff sergeant\nSergeant first class\nmaster sergeant\nsergeant major\n\nfor officers it goes\n2nd lieutenant\n1st lieutenant\ncaptain\nmajor\nlieutenant colonel\ncolonel\nbrigadier general\nmajor general\nlieutenant general\ngeneral
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This is a comparison which originated with an argument made by Rush Limbaugh and other radio pundits a few months ago. It is a red herring and a false comparison or juxtaposition designed to minimize the sacrifice of our troops.\n\nIt is unpatriotic to compare accidental civilian deaths with the lives of our brave soldiers who enlisted to defend our country. It is true disrespect for our military.
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I'll be honest, in the military you quickly lose track of your civilian friends.  After a short time you find you have little in common with them.  As time goes on you have even less in common with them.\n\nAfter you've been overseas and traveled all over the world you look at them, sitting on their butts back at home, and thank God you're not stuck in the same rut they are stuck in.