The reason is obvious to Vince Lee, a plebe who served three years as an Army enlisted man before coming to West Point.
To make the tunnels safer and quicker to deploy, the British Army enlisted experienced coal miners, many outside their nominal recruitment policy.
The Army enlisted 69,395 men and women last year.
Five Army enlisted men and one officer, all of whom had priority to return to the States.
Army enlisted ranks are in green while those of the Marines are in red.
The Army runs duty rosters for officers, noncommissioned officers, and enlisted men and women.
Armies from all sides enlisted children in ranks.
See Australian Army enlisted rank insignia for ranks used by some Corps in place of Private.
The situation became so critical that the Army encouraged young men to mine saltpeter rather than enlist.
Few Army enlisted men are selected for this promotion, which he earned in February of 1988 even as his espionage continued, court papers say.