soldier = sailor (UNCLASSIFIED)

[Mullins, Bill AMRDEC]

Classification: UNCLASSIFIED
Caveats: NONE


>
> CNN seems to like "fighter," "trooper," and "troop," in roughly that
> order.
> The latter are not (yet) applied to un-uniformed guerrillas or
> terrorists.
> But come back in twenty years.
>
> JL
>

I don't think you'd have to look too hard to find some of them
designated as "freedom fighters".
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Caveats: NONE

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