enlisted adj : of someone who has joined the military; "an enlisted man" [syn: enlisted(a)]

English

Verb

enlisted

Adjective

enlisted

1. Belonging to the military, but not as a commissioned officer.

Noun

enlisted

1. Those individuals who have enlisted in the military and who are not commissioned officers.

An enlisted rank in the Military of the United States is any rank below a commissioned officer. The term can also be inclusive of noncommissioned officers. In most cases, enlisted service personnel perform jobs specific to their own occupational specialty, as opposed to the more general command responsibilities of commissioned officers. In the United States Air Force, this job specialty is known as an Air Force Specialty Code, in the United States Army and United States Marine Corps, a Military Occupational Specialty, and in the United States Navy and United States Coast Guard, a naval rating.

In the British Armed Forces and the armed forces of other Commonwealth countries (except Canada), the equivalent term in respect of armies and air forces is Other Rank (or OR for short), while navies use the term rating; in Canada, the term is non-commissioned member (NCM).