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Private (rank)

A private is a soldier, usually with the lowest rank in many armies. Soldiers with the rank of private may be conscripts or they may be professional (career) soldiers.

The term derives from the medieval term "private soldiers" (a term still used in the British Army), contrasting mercenary soldiers and denoting individuals who were either exclusively hired, conscripted, or mustered into service by a feudal nobleman commanding a battle group of an army.[1]

Private (Prajurit Dua)

Private (Prajurit Dua)

Private First Class (Prajurit Satu)

Private First Class (Prajurit Satu)

Master Private (Prajurit Kepala)

Master Private (Prajurit Kepala)

Commonwealth[edit]

Australia[edit]

In the Australian Army, a soldier of private rank wears no insignia.[4] Like its British Army counterpart, the Australian Army rank of private (PTE) has other titles, depending on the corps and specification of that service member.


The following alternative ranks are available for privates in the Australian Army:

– jääkäri ("jaeger")

Infantry

– pioneeri ("pioneer")

Military engineers

– viestimies ("signaller")

Signal corps

– rakuuna ("dragoon")

Cavalry

– tykkimies ("artilleryman")

Artillery

corps – panssarimies ("tankman")

Tank

Private

 United States

 United States Army
 United States Marine Corps

PV1 & PV2[a] (USA)
Pvt (USMC)

Enlisted

OR-1 (Pvt & PV1)
OR-2 (PV2)

E-1 (Pvt & PV1)
E-2 (PV2)

Private first class (USA & USMC)

Seaman recruit (Navy)
Airman basic (Air Force)

List of comparative military ranks

U.S. Army Enlisted Rank Insignia – Criteria, Background, and Images