Soldier
A soldier is a person who is a part of an army. A soldier can be forced to join the army (called conscription) or volunteer to join.[1]
 French army soldiers at Salisbury Plain, England, Exercise Wessex Storm 2020. | |
| Occupation | |
|---|---|
Occupation type | Profession |
Activity sectors | Military |
| Specialty | |
| Description | |
Fields of employment | Armies |
Names and types
There are many different types of soldiers: troopers, tankers, commandos, dragoons, infantrymen, guardians, artillerymen, paratroopers, grenadiers, rangers, snipers, engineers, sappers, craftsmen, signallers, medics, and gunners.[source?]
In many countries there are soldiers that have special names for other reasons. For example, military police personnel in the British Army are called "red berets" because their berets are red.[2]
Soldier Media
Filipino Australian Army soldiers in Victoria, Australia during World War II, 1941
Norwegian Army soldiers, conscripts, and officers during a NATO exercise in Latvia, 2015
U.S. Army paratroopers and Indian Army soldiers after a simulated patrol, 2013
An illustration of a children's singing game about a woman's attempts to court a soldier, 1890
Related pages
References
- ↑ Conscription.
- ↑ Chappell, Mike. Redcaps : Britain's provost troops and military police (1997)London : Osprey. ISBN 978-1-85532-670-5.
Other websites
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