Enlisted rank#United States Armed Forces

{{Short description|Rank below that of a commissioned officer}}

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An enlisted rank (also known as an enlisted grade or enlisted rate) is, in some armed services, any rank below that of a commissioned officer. The term can be inclusive of non-commissioned officers or warrant officers, except in United States military usage where warrant officers/chief warrant officers are a separate officer category ranking above enlisted grades and below commissioned officer grades. In most cases, enlisted service personnel perform jobs specific to their own occupational specialty, as opposed to the more generalized command responsibilities of commissioned officers.{{Unbulleted list citebundle |{{cite book |last=Cunneen |first=Chris |chapter-url=http://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/durack-ernest-6061 |title=Biography - Ernest Durack |chapter=Ernest Durack (1882–1967) |publisher=Australian Dictionary of Biography |access-date=2014-02-12 }} |{{cite web

|author=Veterans-UK web team

|url=http://www.veterans-uk.info/welfare/foreign_comm.html

|title=Veterans Welfare Service

|publisher=Veterans-uk.info

|access-date=2014-02-12

|url-status=dead

|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140222041346/http://www.veterans-uk.info/welfare/foreign_comm.html

|archive-date=22 February 2014

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| {{cite web

|url=http://www.veterans.gc.ca/eng/remembrance/medals-decorations/war-service-badges/afeef

|title=Applicant For Enlistment English And French - War Service Badges - Canadian Military Medals And Decorations - Records & Collections - Veterans Affairs Canada

|publisher=Veterans.gc.ca

|access-date=2014-02-12

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| {{Cite journal

|url=http://web.viu.ca/davies/H355H.Cda.WWI/Race%20and%20Recruitment%20in%20World%20War%20One.pdf

|title=Race and Recruitment in World War I:Enlistment of Visible Minorities in the Canadian Expeditionary Force

|first=James W. St. G.

|last=Walker

|journal=Canadian Historical Review

|volume=70

|issue=1

|pages=1–26

|year=1989

|url-status=dead

|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131021174905/http://web.viu.ca/davies/H355H.Cda.WWI/Race%20and%20Recruitment%20in%20World%20War%20One.pdf

|archive-date=21 October 2013

|doi=10.3138/CHR-070-01-01

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| {{cite web

|url=http://www.cbc.ca/history/EPISCONTENTSE1EP12CH2PA2LE.html

|title=Avoiding the War

|publisher=Canadian Broadcast Corporation

|year=2001

|access-date=2014-02-12

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| {{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=iqtjsLl292oC&q=canada+enlistment&pg=PA115 |title=Canada and the First World War: Essays in Honour of Robert Craig Brown |publisher=University of Toronto Press |year=2005 |access-date=2014-02-12 |page=115 |isbn=0802084451}}

| {{cite journal

|url=http://scholars.wlu.ca/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1488&context=cmh

|title=Provincial Patterns of Enlistment in the Canadian Expeditionary Force

|last=Vance

|first=Jonathan F.

|journal=Canadian Military History

|volume=17

|issue=2

|date=2012-04-26

|access-date=2014-02-12

}}}}{{Excessive citations inline|date=April 2024}}

The term "enlistment" refers solely to a military commitment (whether officer or enlisted) whereas the terms "taken on strength" and "struck off strength" refer to a service member being carried on a given unit's roll.{{Unbulleted list citebundle |{{cite web

|url=https://www.awm.gov.au/glossary/result.asp?browse=t

|title=Glossary | Australian War Memorial

|publisher=Awm.gov.au

|access-date=2014-02-12

|url-status=dead

|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140221192447/https://www.awm.gov.au/glossary/result.asp?browse=t

|archive-date=21 February 2014

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| {{cite web

|url=http://web.viu.ca/davies/H355H.Cda.WWI/Info_Package_WWI_e.pdf

|title=Lest We Forget: First World War Cenotaph Research

|publisher=Library and Archives Canada

|access-date=2014-02-12

|url-status=dead

|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140222043200/http://web.viu.ca/davies/H355H.Cda.WWI/Info_Package_WWI_e.pdf

|archive-date=22 February 2014

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| {{cite web

|url=http://www.journal.forces.gc.ca/vo9/no4/11-mantle-eng.asp

|title=The Leadership of S.V. Radley-Walters: Enlistment to D-Day Part One

|publisher=Journal.forces.gc.ca

|access-date=2014-02-12

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| {{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=QTdNo_2NzIQC&q=%22taken+on+strength%22&pg=PA161 |title=Call to the Colours, A: Tracing Your Canadian Military Ancestors|first=Kenneth G.|last=Cox|page=161 |publisher=Ontario Genealogical Society|year=2011|access-date=2014-02-12|isbn=9781554888641}}

| {{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=63VVlvuNIqcC&q=%22taken+on+strength%22&pg=PA103 |title=Irish Nationalism in Canada|first=David A.|last=Wilson|page=103 |publisher=McGill-Queen's University Press|year=2009|access-date=2014-02-12|isbn=9780773536357}}}}{{Excessive citations inline|date=April 2024}}