[Ads-l] soldier = sailor

[Bill Mullins]

>   After fourteen years of this, I'm not sure which sounds weirder to me as a
>   generic: "soldier" or "warrior."  In my day, we didn't need no generic
>   beyond "military personnel."
>
>   Though "warrior" is politically preferred, I suspect civilian "young
>   people" commonly subsume all military personnel - including Air Force
>   personnel,, Coast Guards, and "Guardians" -  under both.

I worked for the Army as a civilian engineer for 40 years until I recently retired.  Recently, the standard term was "warfighter".

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