Corporal is a military rank in use in some form by many militaries and by some police forces or other uniformed organizations.
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15 Facts About Corporal
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Corporal is the second lowest of the non-commissioned officer ranks in the Australian Army, falling between lance-corporal and sergeant.
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Corporal is a rank of the Royal Australian Air Force, being equal to both the Australian Army and Royal Air Force rank of corporal.
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Corporal is a non-commissioned officer rank in the Bangladesh Army, falling between lance-corporal and sergeant, and in the Bangladesh Air Force, falling between leading aircraftman and sergeant.
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Byelorussian Home Defence used the kapral, in the meaning of Corporal as enlisted grade, equivalent to Obergefreiter, Hauptgefreiter or Stabsgefreiter of the German Wehrmacht.
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Corporal is the first NCO rank of the Army, Navy, Air Force and states military police forces.
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Corporal is an Army and Air Force non-commissioned member rank of the Canadian Forces.
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Corporal is the first non-commissioned officer rank, and the lowest rank officially empowered to issue a lawful command.
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Corporal is deemed to be the substantive rank of the members carrying the appointment of master corporal.
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Corporal is the lowest rank of non-commissioned officer within the Irish Army and Air Corps.
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Rank of Corporal is generally awarded to cadets in Secondary Two, or Secondary Three.
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Similarly, in the Foot Guards and in the Honourable Artillery Company, every Corporal is appointed as a lance-sergeant meaning they wear three chevrons rather than the regular two, with a lance-corporal wearing two chevrons instead of one: this is sometimes said to have originated with Queen Victoria who did not like "her own guardsmen" having only one chevron.
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Corporal is the lowest NCO rank in the Royal Air Force, coming between junior technician or Senior aircraftman technician and sergeant in the technical trades, or senior aircraftman and sergeant in the non-technical trades.
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Corporal is the fourth enlisted rank in the US Marine Corps, ranking immediately above lance corporal and immediately below sergeant.
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