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An enlisted rank in the Military of the United States is any rank below a commissioned officer. The United States Armed Forces are the overall unified military forces of the United States An officer is a member of an armed force who holds a position of authority The term can also be inclusive of noncommissioned officers. A non-commissioned officer (sometimes noncommissioned officer) also known as an NCO or Noncom, is an enlisted member of an Armed force In most cases, enlisted service personnel perform jobs specific to their own occupational specialty, as opposed to the more general command responsibilities of commissioned officers. In the United States Air Force, this job specialty is known as an Air Force Specialty Code, in the United States Army and United States Marine Corps, a Military Occupational Specialty, and in the United States Navy and United States Coast Guard, a naval rating. The Air Force Specialty Code ( AFSC) is an Alphanumeric code used by the United States Air Force to identify an Air Force Specialty (AFS The United States Army is a military organization whose primary mission is to "provide necessary forces and capabilities. The term rating or rate carries different meanings depending on which Navy is being discussed

In the British Armed Forces and the armed forces of other Commonwealth countries (except Canada), the equivalent term in respect of armies and air forces is Other Rank (or OR for short), while navies use the term rating; in Canada, the term is non-commissioned member (NCM). The Armed forces of the United Kingdom, commonly known as the British Armed Forces or Her Majesty's Armed Forces, and sometimes legally the Armed Forces Country to "Dominion of Canada" or "Canadian Federation" or anything else please read the Talk Page Other Ranks (ORs in the British Army, Royal Marines and Royal Air Force (and in the armies and air forces of many other Commonwealth countries The term rating or rate carries different meanings depending on which Navy is being discussed A non-commissioned member (NCM in the Canadian Forces, is defined in the Queen's Regulations and Orders as "… any person other than an


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