RomanDavis comments on Rationality quotes: October 2010 - Less Wrong

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Comment author: RomanDavis 06 October 2010 10:11:13PM 1 point [-]

Yes, they are. But I've never heard a pilot called a soldier. This goes for most jobs performed by people in the O Ranks.

I am using Soldier to be interchangeable with Enlisted Man since I've seen and heard it used that way myself.

I assumed it was used that way in context, but maybe it wasn't.

Comment author: komponisto 06 October 2010 11:07:32PM *  1 point [-]

No, "soldier", at least in U.S. military jargon, means "member of the Army" (as opposed to the other services). The Army chief-of-staff, a four-star general, will refer to themselves as a "soldier".