enlisted
adjective
en·list·ed
in-ˈli-stəd 
en-
: of, relating to, or constituting the part of a military, naval, or air force below commissioned or warrant officers
enlisted personnel
the enlisted ranks
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Those patrol boats also had a place in the American popular imagination, in part due to a film released in 1966: The Sand Pebbles, a Hollywood epic starring Steve McQueen as an enlisted sailor aboard the fictional USS San Pablo.
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Darren Heller, the AFCENT Battle Lab senior enlisted leader.
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One of the enlisted men surrendered to Filipino forces; the two others were shot dead by island police officers searching for the renegades.
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Yet the show is also respectful of the military in many ways and is rather positive and uplifting about the brotherhood aspects of enlisted life and how military training can boost somebody’s sense of self worth.
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Nathan Hodge, CNN Money, 10 Jan. 2026
Darren Heller, the AFCENT Battle Lab senior enlisted leader.
—Prabhat Ranjan Mishra, Interesting Engineering, 17 Dec. 2025
One of the enlisted men surrendered to Filipino forces; the two others were shot dead by island police officers searching for the renegades.
—Andy Naylor, New York Times, 3 Dec. 2025
Yet the show is also respectful of the military in many ways and is rather positive and uplifting about the brotherhood aspects of enlisted life and how military training can boost somebody’s sense of self worth.
—James Hibberd, HollywoodReporter, 17 Oct. 2025
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enlisted
adjective
en·list·ed
in-ˈlis-təd
: of, relating to, or forming the part of a military or naval force in the ranks below commissioned or warrant officers
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