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SOLDIER. A military man; a private in the army.

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Robot weapons (like the popular movie, Terminator) are also being developed to replace the common soldier. On the other hand, soldiers are being upgraded with weapons which can automatically fire when a target is locked.
She resigned as she wanted to marry a common soldier, which was by regulation not allowed to officers.
As the son of a deceased common soldier, I have refrained from divisive remarks on the controversial plan to bury or not to bury Ferdinand Marcos at the Libingan.
While York's conversion to Christianity was the fulcrum of his personal life, this combat success changed his public life beyond all recognition, making him arguably the most famous common soldier of the twentieth century.
(4.6.11-29) The communion of brotherhood sealed by blood occurs not between a king and a common soldier, or between an earl and a foot soldier, but between two armigerous gentlemen.
The narrative of this work considers the common soldier as well as the prominent political and military figures in the conflict.
He preached the language of the common soldier, swore (and smoked) like a trooper, wrote letters home on their behalf, and generally convinced those in the trenches that he was one of them, not one of the others.
The greats of cinema from John Ford to Lewis Milestone, Wolfgang Petersen to Oliver Stone, have found the heroism of the common soldier one of the most potent themes for their classic films such as "The Lost Patrol" "A Walk in the Sun" "Das Boot" and "Platoon." With "Lone Survivor," writer-director Peter Berg has stepped with confidence and passion into those big army shoes.
In this 8.5x11", illustrated book, he chronicles the events of Britain's Mesopotamia Campaign, focusing on how the war affected the common soldier enduring extremes of heat and cold, the unreliability of Arab allies, and logistical problems brought on by the region's geography.