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Military personnel
Military personnel
are members of the
armed forces
. Usually, personnel are divided into
military branches
roughly defined by certain circumstances of their
deployment
. Those who serve in a typical large land force are
soldiers
, making up an
army
. Those who serve in seagoing forces are
seamen
or
sailors
, and their branch is a
navy
.
Marines
serve in a
marine corps
. In the 20th century, the development of powered flight aircraft prompted the development of
air forces
, serviced by
airmen
. Designated leaders of military personnel are
officers
. These include
commissioned officers
,
warrant officers
and
non-commissioned officers
(NCOs). For naval forces, non-commissioned officers are referred to as
petty officers
(POs).
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