Soldier
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Soldiers are people who are a part of an armies ground forces. Soldier is a general term for most armed combatants, typically the standard infantry of any armed forces. Of course, this can be referred by a layman as anyone involved in a war or other armed conflict. Soldiers are the most basic, integral component of any battle and have been since the beginning of organized warfare and will likely be so for years to come. Only Army troops are called soldiers. Marine troops are called Marines, Air Force troops are called Airmen, Navy troops are called Sailors
In most societies of the world, "soldier" is also a general term for any member of the land forces including commissioned or non-commissioned officers.
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[edit] Non-English equivalents
The common Romance origin for the words soldier and payment survives not only in French as soldat and solde, but also in other languages, like German Soldat and Sold, Spanish soldado and sueldo, Portuguese soldado and soldo, Dutch soldaat and soldij, Italian "soldato" and "soldo", Arabic "Gondi" and "moganad" and many other languages.
In the Russian language the world soldier is also "солдат" ("soldat"), although it is not related to the Russian word for money, but was borrowed from German use. In some languages the word soldier is derived from different etymology, for example Estonian "sõdur" is derived from word "sõda," which means "war" or in Polish zolnierz (pronounced sholniesh)
[edit] Occupational specialties
In most armed forces the word soldier has been mostly abandoned with increasing specialization in military occupations that require different areas of knowledge and skill-sets, and have been replaced by names which reflect Arm, Service or Branch of individual's service, type of unit or operational employment or technical use such as: trooper, Commando, dragoon, infantryman, marine, Paratrooper, ranger, Sniper, engineer, or a sapper.
[edit] Other terms
In some English speaking countries soldiers serving in specific occupations are referred to by terms other than their occupational name. For example military police personnel are known as "redheads" from the colour of their berets, and in the United States Army, artillerymen are sometimes referred to as "redlegs," from the branch color for artillery.
[edit] Other uses
A soldier who no longer serves in the armed forces is often called a veteran, a term which can also apply to a long-serving or experienced soldier who is still in the army.
[edit] Game Info
Soldiers are shown and played as in every Call of Duty game. The soldiers in the Call of Duty series were either part of the Allies or the Axis forces (or, in Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare, The S.A.S., U.S.M.C., OpFor or Spetnaz/Ultranationalists). These brave men and women endure the pains of constant warfare and are the backbone of every fighting force.
