Talk:Private (rank)

Moved discussion

The discussion here, which should be about the rank of private, was discussion about private (disambig page), incorrectly redirected here. I did a cut-and-paste to Talk:Private. --SigPig 03:02, 9 July 2006 (UTC)

Removed statement india for US Army Privates. Current salary pay is available from http://www.dod.mil/militarypay/pay/bp/paytables/jan2007_basicpay.html . The removed figure was close to the actual current pay for an E-1, but not an exact match. Privates also recieve allowances for living expenses, which was not mentioned in the statement I removed. Erall 08:37, 13 January 2007 (UTC)

Germany

Soldat is not a rank. Gefreiter is the equivalent to private. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 92.231.226.181 (talk) 13:37, 14 March 2011 (UTC)

Netherlands Section

I have expanded the Netherlands section based on the Dutch equivalent page. Should anyone wish to edit this, feel free, and should someone believe that the notice should now be removed, it is up to them.

PV1 and PV2

Is there actually any (current) source for the use of PV1? This question has led to a bit of an edit war here. --rimshots^talk 14:19, 16 May 2007 (UTC)

• Here's a 2000 document that uses PV1

• This 2001 style document discusses the abbrviation of army ranks
• This 2007 document informs soldiers of how much housing support they will recieve.

Jecowa 15:24, 16 May 2007 (UTC)

Thank you, good reply. --rimshots^talk 21:28, 16 May 2007 (UTC)

"Buck private"

In the US military, what does the apparently colloqial term "buck private" mean? I've seen and heard it in literature and fiction, where I understood it to mean the lowest rank, but it seems the Army has the two ranks, PV1 and PV2. Is this term completely obsolete now? Is it appropriate to add a synonymous mention of the term, like so: "The lowest rank (officially known as Private E-1 (PV1) and sometimes referred to as recruit or buck private..." to the entry? Sjb0926 (talk) 18:17, 19 September 2008 (UTC)

See wikt:buck private. —Michael Z. 2008-09-19 19:10 z

Canadian Privates

I deleted the references to corporals and higher ranks since this page is about privates, not corporals, the former rank of lance corporals, or master corporals.

Also, it's been a while since I left the CF, but when I was in it took 2 1/2 years and QL4 qualification to become a Pte (T). Has this changed? The description as it stands now sounds more like the reserve requirement when I was in. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 207.47.218.54 (talk) 06:34, 4 October 2009 (UTC)

UCMJ, not just Article 15

I propose to change Article 15 to Uniform Code of Military Justice. Article 15 (non-judicial punishment) is just one of almost 150 Articles, listed under XII Subchapters, of the UCMJ. Though Article 15 is the most frequent means of punishment, US Service Members can be reduced in rank to E-1 (PVT) through most of the Articles. Bullmoosebell (talk) 21:18, 21 December 2011 (UTC)