What is A private in military service as distinguished from an officer?

Answer 1

An officer is a person who has gone to college, graduated and enrolled in the US armed forces or other forces if from other countries. The Officer may have been educated in a military college or in a public or private college and may have been part of the ROTC program to get military training before graduation. Some officers may go to medical school, dental school, law school or other specialty colleges before they become officers. Some officers are trained by the military and are required to serve for at least six years. The officers lead, rule and command the draftees or enlisted personnel. They are COMMISSIONED into the military and have some ability to resign their commission. Most serve out several decades of service.

A Private is a person who has at least a GED or high school education and has enlisted into the military (not the Navy or Coast Guard to serve in the troops. The Private is the first rank after Recruit. The Recruits are in basic training. They become privates after they graduate from basic training (boot camp). Their commanding officers are the non-commissioned officers and the commissioned officers.

A non-commissioned officer is a Corporal, Sergeant (many ranks of sergeants) and Warrant officers. These officers are enlisted or drafted officers who have risen up the ranks of the enlisted soldiers, Marines, Airmen, etc. They cannot resign their "officership", they have to serve out their enlistment. See the link below for more explanation.

Answer 2

An Army officer holds a commission from the President of the United States, and is authorized to speak for the president. This commission is similar to those held by Navy, Marine, Air Force and Coast Guard officers. Military officers may administer oaths and have other powers, mostly authoritative over other military personnel. Police officers are usually civilians (not in the military), and can make investigative detentions, serve warrants, and make arrests on probable cause. The only real similarity between the two is the word "officer."

Answer 3

The rank of Private (E-1) is very different than that of an officer (2nd Lieutenant, or O-1 or higher). A Private is an "Enlisted Man' and is the lowest rank in the American military, whereas an officer is a 'command' rank, and gives orders to enlisted men/women.

Answer 4

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