Recruit
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Recruit is the rank given to soldiers who are entering boot camp or undergoing basic training. Frequently they have no rank insignia or a very simple one.
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[edit] SLDF
Recruits in the SLDF wore a white rank patch during basic training and on their first posting.[1] Recruits who were entering the SLDF Naval Command were known as Spaceman Recruits.
In the Second Star League Defense Forces, a Recruit was promoted to Private immediately after graduating boot camp.[2]
| Rank | Insignia (First SLDF)[3] | Insignia (Second SLDF)[4] |
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[edit] Lyran Commonwealth and Lyran Alliance
LCAF/LAAF recruits wear the "Narrow Arrow" as their rank insignia, like Privates. They are not allowed to wear the Lyran Alliance insignia however.[5]
[edit] Draconis Combine Mustered Soldiery
A recruit in the DCMS is titled hojuhei but bears no rank insignia.[6]
[edit] Armed Forces of the Federated Suns
Recruits in the AFFS wear a black sword on a green field as their rank insignia, regardless of their service branch.[7]
| Rank | Insignia |
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| Recruit | 
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[edit] Capellan Confederation Armed Forces
In the CCAF, recruits are known as Shia-ben-bing. Unlike other militaries a CCAF recruit who graduates to regular service is still known as a shia-ben-bing rather than a Private. Applicants to a Warrior House are called Aspirants.[8]
[edit] Free Worlds League
Like the first Star League, the FWLM has Recruits and Spaceman Recruit depending on the desired branch of service. A Recruit in the FWLM has no rank insignia.[9]
[edit] The Clans
All the Clans lack the rank of recruit, as all members of a Warrior caste training sibko are essentially recruits. Several Clans refer to their warrior sibko members by nicknames however, which could be considered recruit ranks.
[edit] Clan Hell's Horses
Clan Hell's Horses warrior trainees are frequently referred to as "colts." [10]
[edit] Clan Jade Falcon
Clan Jade Falcon training officers (Falconers) will sometimes refer to their sibko members as "fledgelings."[11]
[edit] ComStar/Word of Blake
Neither ComStar nor the Word of Blake Militia use the rank of recruit.[12]
[edit] Free Rasalhague Republic
The KungsArmé doesn't use an explicit recruit rank.[13]
[edit] Periphery Powers
[edit] Magistracy of Canopus
In the Magistracy Armed Forces, all incoming troops are known as a Volunteer.[14] Their rank insignia is a simple blue-green diamond edged in silver.
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| Volunteer | 
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[edit] Taurian Defense Force
Like many other Inner Sphere militaries, trainee troops of the Taurian Defense Force are called Recruit.[15] They use a single silver ring as their rank insignia.
| Rank | Insignia |
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| Recruit | 
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[edit] Marian Hegemony
In the Hegemony Armed Forces, a recruit undergoing training is known as miles, which is Latin for soldier.[16] They wear no rank insignia.
[edit] Outworlds Alliance
As the Alliance Military Corps gets most of its new troops via planetary lotteries held by the Parliaments of individual member worlds, calling a trainee "Recruit" is inaccurate. In recognition of this, the AMC identifies all its trainee soldiers as Defender.[17] A Defender's rank insignia is a simple green circle.
| Rank | Insignia |
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| Defender | 
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[edit] References
- ↑ The Star League, p. 112
- ↑ Field Manual: ComStar, p. 80
- ↑ The Star League, p. 113
- ↑ Field Manual: ComStar
- ↑ Field Manual: Lyran Alliance, p. 30
- ↑ Field Manual: Draconis Combine, p. 20
- ↑ Field Manual: Federated Suns, p. 27
- ↑ Field Manual: Capellan Confederation
- ↑ Field Manual: Free Worlds League, p. 22
- ↑ Field Manual: Crusader Clans
- ↑ Field Manual: Crusader Clans
- ↑ Field Manual: ComStar
- ↑ Field Manual: ComStar, p. 66
- ↑ Field Manual: Periphery, p. 24
- ↑ Field Manual: Periphery, p. 53
- ↑ Field Manual: Periphery, p. 73
- ↑ Field Manual: Periphery, p. 88
