| USMC one-striper | 16 |
| U.S.M.C. rank | 13 |
| U.S. Army E-3 | 13 |
| Sgt.'s charge | 17 |
| Rank just below cpl. | 20 |
| Many a G.I. | 11 |
| Gomer Pyle's rank: Abbr. | 28 |
| Gomer Pyle's rank, briefly | 30 |
| G.I. rank | 9 |
| Cpl.'s underling | 20 |
| Corp.'s subordinate | 23 |
| Army one-striper: Abbr. | 23 |
| Army enlistee | 13 |
| Army E-3 | 8 |
| Wintergreen's former rank in "Catch-22" | 53 |
| USMC two-striper | 16 |
| USMC soldier | 12 |
| US Army rank | 12 |
| U.S.M.C. one-striper | 20 |
| U.S.M.C. enlistee | 17 |
| U.S.M.C. E-2 | 12 |
| Sgt.'s trainee | 18 |
| Sarge charge (abbr.) | 20 |
| Rating at Ft. Bragg | 19 |
| Rank on an APO letter, perhaps | 30 |
| Quantico fig. | 13 |
| Promoted pvt. | 13 |
| One-striper, for short | 22 |
| One-striper, briefly | 20 |
| One-chevron G.I. | 16 |
| One overseen by a sgt. | 22 |
| One might be promoted to cpl. | 29 |
| Man in the mil. | 15 |
| Low-rank inits. | 15 |
| KP candidate | 12 |
| Jessica Lynch's rank: Abbr. | 31 |
| Jessica Lynch's mil. rank | 29 |
| Jarhead's rank: Abbr. | 25 |
| Gomer Pyle, for one | 19 |
| Gomer Pyle, e.g.: Abbr. | 23 |
| GI's rank after one year, maybe | 35 |
| G.I. under an NCO | 17 |
| G.I. just below cpl. | 20 |
| Future specialist, perhaps: Abbr. | 33 |
| Future NCO? | 11 |
| Forrest Gump's rank: Abbr. | 30 |
| First-class G.I. | 16 |
| First mil. rank | 15 |
| Enlistee with a chevron above an arc: Abbr. | 43 |
| Enlisted man's rank | 23 |
| Enlisted man: Abbr. | 19 |
| E-2 rank, in the Marines | 24 |
| E-2 Marine | 10 |
| Cpl.'s aide | 15 |
| Cpl. saluter | 12 |
| Certain enlisted man's rank, briefly | 40 |
| Bradley Manning's rank: Abbr. | 33 |
| Army rank E-3 | 13 |
| Army enlistee, briefly | 22 |
| Lance cpls.' subordinates | 29 |
| Some GIs | 8 |
| Some G.I.'s | 15 |
| One-stripe GIs | 14 |
| Low-ranking GIs | 15 |
| Cpl.'s subordinates | 23 |
| Sgts.' underlings | 21 |
| Sgt.'s charges | 18 |
| Gomer Pyle's peers | 22 |
| They rank just below lance corporals in the Marines: abbr. | 58 |
| Sgts.' subordinates | 23 |
| Sgt.'s subordinates | 23 |
| Sarge's charges | 19 |
| Cpls.' underlings | 21 |
| USMC soldiers | 13 |
| USMC low-rankers | 16 |
| Underlings of sgts. | 19 |
| U.S. Army E-3s | 14 |
| They may be on KP | 17 |
| Specialists' underlings: Abbr. | 34 |
| Specialists outrank them: Abbr. | 31 |
| Some USMC enlistees | 19 |
| Some PX people | 14 |
| Some PX customers | 17 |
| Some PX clientele | 17 |
| Some JROTC-trained enlistees | 28 |
| Some boot camp graduates: Abbr. | 31 |
| Some basic training grads | 25 |
| Single-stripe GIs | 17 |
| Single chevron sporters: Abbr. | 30 |
| Sgts.' charges | 18 |
| Sgt. subordinates | 17 |
| Seaman apprentices' USMC equivalents | 40 |
| Ranks for jarheads: Abbr. | 25 |
| Promoted recruits | 17 |
| POW Jessica Lynch and others | 28 |
| Ones ranking below cpls. | 24 |
| One-stripers, for short | 23 |
| One-stripe soldiers: Abbr. | 26 |
| One-stripe G.I.'s | 21 |
| One-chevron G.I.'s | 22 |