raider {commando}.
Spanish military leaders {conquistador} were in Mexico and Peru [1500 to 1600].
French policeman {gendarme}.
raider {guerrilla}.
People {gunrunner} can smuggle weapons.
Soldiers {mercenary, soldier} hired to fight can be from another place or group.
military-academy officer-training student {cadet}.
military horseman {cavalier, horseman}.
Roman-century member {centurion}.
European light infantryman {chasseur, infantryman}.
knight {chevalier}.
A small group {color guard} of finely dressed marching soldiers can transport flag.
draftee, or person compelled to serve {conscript}.
south-Russia military horseman {Cossack, horseman}.
World War I American soldier {doughboy}.
highly armed horseman {dragoon}.
ground infantryman {GI}.
regiment member {grenadier}.
European light cavalryman {hussar}.
Turkish guards {janissary} can be in sultan's personal service.
marine {leatherneck}.
French Foreign Legion member {legionnaire}.
medical person {medic}.
musket shooter {musketeer}.
parachute-using soldier {paratrooper}.
military-academy first-year person {plebe}.
Soldiers {scout} can get information about area or enemy.
mercenary {soldier of fortune}.
Nazi militiaman {storm trooper}.
officer assistant to higher officer {aide-de-camp, army}.
officer above colonel {brigadier}.
division or higher leader {chief of staff}.
officer higher than lieutenant colonel {colonel}.
military-post or functional-group leader {commandant}.
trained officer higher than warrant officer {commissioned officer}.
highest-rank European officer {field marshal}.
Army officers {lieutenant} can be below captain. Navy officers can be below lieutenant commander.
officer above captain {major, army}.
military police commander {provost marshal}.
Army officers {quartermaster} can be for food, clothing, and equipment. Navy petty officers can be for navigation.
officer higher than non-commissioned officer but lower than commissioned officer {warrant officer}.
lowest non-commissioned officer {corporal}.
non-commissioned officer {noncom}.
corporal or sergeant {non-commissioned officer} (NCO).
highest non-commissioned officer {sergeant}.
senior non-commissioned officer or master sergeant {topkick}.
lowest commissioned navy officer {ensign}, below lieutenant.
officer commanding fleet or navy {admiral}, second highest rank.
naval officer higher than lieutenant commander {commander}.
most senior naval-squadron captain {commodore}, or officer below rear admiral.
navy non-commissioned officer {petty officer}.
officer higher than captain {rear admiral}.
navy clerical petty officer {yeoman of the guard}.
naval court {admiralty}.
four infantry or artillery companies {battalion}.
several battalions {brigade}.
military horsemen and horses, or armored vehicles and soldiers {cavalry}.
line of soldiers {column, soldier}.
specialized military branch {corps, army}, such as Marine Corps.
unit of corps {division, soldier}.
military-post soldiers {garrison, soldier}.
Nazi secret police {Gestapo}.
local army {militia}|.
10 rows of men with pikes {phalanx}.
Company units {platoon} can have two or more squads.
rear guard {rear echelon}.
fighting to secure retreat {rearguard action}.
exploring area for military information {reconnaissance}.
two or more battalions {regiment}.
not a corps {regular army}.
lead attackers {shock troops}.
Planes or vessels {squadron} can have two or more divisions.
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